To give up power to change for the better is inherently distasteful to everyone, and to force people to affirm that they are addicts or alcoholics so they can speak in a meeting is shameful and demoralizing.

Chris Prentiss

Categorized in : People Giving Up Change For The Better

Every person in the AA program who's successful is living proof that he or she does have power over addictive drugs and alcohol- the power to stop.

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A computer cannot manufacture new information. That's the difference between our brain and a computer.

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Stress and anxiety cause our brains to release chemicals that put lines in our faces and tear us down emotionally and spiritually.

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The path of the knowledgeable, successful person, which only leads to supreme good fortune and great success is always directly in front of you.

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Alcohol and drugs are not the problems; they are what people are using to help themselves cope with the problems. Those problems always have both physical and psychological components- anything from anemia, hypoglycemia, or a sluggish thyroid to attention deficient disorder, brain-wave pattern imbalances, or deep emotional pain.

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Most of the time, we respond to life without taking a moment

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The Zen of doing anything is doing it with a particular concentration of mind, a calmness and simplicity of mind, that brings the experience of enlightenment and, through that experience, happiness.

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