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Inspiring Recovery

We've collected quotes, and slogans from members of both fellowships that have helped them in their recovery journey. These words have resonated with them in high and low moments, and we hope you will find some of them helpful in your program.

  • Protect your Serenity at all cost.

  • It is ok to say 'NO'.

  • What time is it and where am I?  Right here, right now.

  • Stop future tripping. Stay present.

  • Second glance…drink…hit or a thought? I don’t have to know.

  • Principles before personalities.

  • It is better to bless the light than curse the darkness.

  • B.L.A.T.H.E.R – Bothered, Lonely, Angry, Tired, Hungry, Ego, Resentful

  • D.E.N.I.A.L. – Don't Even Know I Am Lying

  • Dream delayed is not a dream denied.

  • Ships don't sink because of the water around them. They sink because of the water that gets in them.

  • If you change nothing, nothing will change.

  • Be patient with yourself. Nothing in nature blooms all year.

  • You are not alone.

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Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life.

Tip toe if you must, but take the step.

  • Apologies aren't meant to change the past, they are meant to change the future. (Kevin Hancock)

  • Energy flows where attention goes.

  • Make Your Dreams Come True. If you can't fly, then run. If you can't run, then walk. If you can't walk, the crawl, but by all means, keep moving. (MLK Jr.)

  • HAPPINESS starts with YOU. Not with your relationships, not with your job, not with your money, not with you circumstances, but with YOU.

  • Silence is the language of God. All else is a poor translation. (Rumi)

  • Real connection and intimacy is like a meal, not a sugar fix. (Kristin Armstrong)

  • Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' (MLK Jr.)

  • A year from NOW, you will wish YOU had started TODAY. (Karen Lamb)

  • Be grateful for whatever comes. (Rumi)

  • Right thinking never produced right actions but if I took the right actions, the right thinking and feelings followed.

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  • Set goals, not limits.

  • Smooth seas don't make skillful sailors.

  • Every moment is a fresh beginning.

  • I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me.

  • Believe that success is your ONLY option.

  • Don't be afraid of going slowly. Be afraid of standing still.

  • If you are going to doubt something, doubt your limits.

  • The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old but on building the NEW.

  • The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

  • I may not be where I want to be, but I am CLOSER then yesterday.

  • Dripping water hollows out the stone, not through force but through persistence.

  • The best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.

  • STARVE your distractions, FEED your focus. (Daniel Goleman)

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  • Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can START from NOW and make a brand new ENDING. (Carl Bard)

  • It's in the absence of wanting that we find PEACE. (Tamara Levitt)

  • Through judging, we separate. Through understanding, we grow. (Doe Zantamata)

  • If we share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive. (Brené Brown)

  • Sorrow looks back. Worry looks around. Faith LOOKS UP

  • Obstacles do not block the path, they ARE the path. (Zen proverb)

  • Past and future are in the mind only. I AM NOW. (Siri Nisargadatta Maharaj)

  • Do not judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. (Robert Louis Stevenson)

  • I have a fear of comfort. Comfort is the enemy of progress. (Beneil Dariush)

  • If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let the life live you. It does anyway. (Byron Katie)

  • I am not fully healed. I am not fully wise. I am still on my way. What matters is that I am moving forward. (Yung Pueblo)

  • Be grateful for whatever comes. (Rumi)

  • Where is my mind right now?

Be Here Now.

~ Ram Daas

Until you give up the idea that happiness is somewhere else, it will never be where you are.

~ Robert Holden

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