Fullerton Alano Club

January 21, 2021 As the chaotic world of the drinking alcoholic is replaced by one of stability in sobriety it becomes apparent that plans can be made to encourage positive living. For example: planning holidays, dental appointments and the household budget. We cannot plan that it will be the best holiday ever, that no dental work is required, or that our monetary fortunes will remain the same; that would be projecting. We plan plans, not results. October 1992, Planning, Not Projection, AA Grapevine

January 20, 2021 All turmoil comes from the deep, nagging feeling that we should be different from what we are ... If we could totally accept who and what we are (changing each instant), we would find ourselves moving in the silent immenseness of now. Vietnam, September 1974, Awareness, Spiritual Awakenings

January 19, 2021 A while ago a speaker said that it was no use admitting that one was an alcoholic unless the admittance was accompanied by a realization of what being an alcoholic really meant ... He said there was no use my making the admission even in the full realization of what it meant, unless I accepted the fact that I was an alcoholic without resentment. Toronto, Ontario, November 1952, I Had Lost the War!, Step By Step

January 18, 2021 When we AAs look to the future, we must always ask ourselves if the spirit which now binds us together in our common cause will always be stronger than those personal ambitions and desires which tend to drive us apart ... Though the individual AA is under no human coercion, is at almost perfect personal liberty, we have, nevertheless, achieved a wonderful unity on vital essentials. For example, the Twelve Steps of our AA program are not crammed down anybody's throat. They are not sustained by any human authority. Yet we powerfully unite around them because the truth they contain has saved our lives, has opened the door to a new world. AA Co-Founder, Bill W., September 1945, ’Rules’ Dangerous but Unity Vital, The Language of the Heart

January 17, 2021 AA does not teach us how to handle our drinking; it teaches us how to handle our sobriety. Conn., March 1975, From: Learning to Handle Sobriety, AA Grapevine

January 16, 2021 My drinking career was all about running away. I could pack up and vanish in a flash. Now ... I’m taking the risk to stick around, to just show up and see what happens. New York, N.Y., May 1997, From: At Home in a Home Group, Beginner’s Book