Thoughts & Slogans from Sponsor House
Say what you mean, mean what you say, and don’t say it mean.
— Herb (May 9, 2025)
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
— Doug C acting as a parrot to William James (May 17, 2025)
It’s a cinch by the inch, but hard by the yard.
— Dave Porsche, who stole it from TJ T (March 18, 2023)
Tomorrow has enough problems; don’t carry them into today.
— Pete G from Matthew 6:34 (circa June 2020)
Your sobriety is judged on how you behave between your last serenity prayer and your next AA preamble.
— James T (May 9, 2025)
We go to meetings for relief; we go through the steps for recovery.
— Doug C (August 16, 2024)
In the beginning, recovery has to be the only thing… Eventually, it can become the first thing.
— James T (August 16, 2024)
Once I identify who I am, I can change.
— Mike the Fireman (July 18, 2024)
Some emotions—like resentments—rob us of the now.
— City Island Tony (June 25, 2024)
Everything gets resolved—if you have resolve.
— Unknown (May 15, 2024)
Who turns on a computer with no OS?
— Anthony Pleasantville (May 10, 2024)
Faith means that you have peace even when you don’t have all the answers.
— Unknown (April 28, 2024)
I don’t know where you got your opinion, but I sure hope you kept the receipt.
— Phil OK (January 14, 2024)
No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.
— Doug C quoting Albert Einstein (March 27, 2023)
I loved to hate and hated to love.
— Danny (Army) (December 17, 2023)
Most resentments are based on comparing your thinking vs. the other person's.
— Pete G (December 14, 2023)
When you stick needles in your arm, you know you’re a junkie—it’s not always the case with an alcoholic.
— Bobby the Cop (December 12, 2023)
Like the song says, I was always on my mind.
— Random guy in the back (December 10, 2023)
If I would have had humility, I would have never suffered so much humiliation.
— Terrence (December 10, 2023)
I wanna expedite this expedition expeditiously.
— Darryl (November 10, 2023)
When drinking, perfect strangers become your best friends—and best friends become revered enemies.
— Random guy (October 26, 2023)
Whatever I resist shall persist.
— Anthony “Earrings” (October 23, 2023)
I never get cut off when I drive—how’s that? It’s because I let everyone in…
— TJ (September 24, 2023)
Heck, I came in at 62; now I’m 84.
— Art (September 5, 2023)
What I think about you has more to do with me than you.
— Kevin “Ritz” (August 22, 2023)
Addiction is giving up everything for one thing, while recovery is about giving up one thing for the return of everything.
— Random (August 21, 2023)
I skipped over the Sunglasses & Motrin and went right to Sunglasses and Morphine.
— Our own Dr. Bob RIP (August 21, 2023)
When a bridge falls, the first thing the engineers do is compare the bridge to the original plans.
— Donnie (July 29, 2023)
My marriage is a day-by-day program… Yup… Lisa tells me every day, “Today could be the day.”
— Pete G (July 14, 2023)
I never stopped drinking because no one ever asked me to.
— Jackie (July 13, 2023)
Humility is not thinking less of yourself or “less than”—it’s about thinking of yourself less.
— Glenn (June 25, 2023)
Many of us don’t come here because “we see the light”; rather, it’s because we feel the heat.
— Ray Porsche (June 18, 2023)
My life wasn’t unmanageable—it was unimaginable.
— Nic Photographer (June 7, 2023)
Normal person calls AAA with a flat tire; an alcoholic calls the suicide hotline.
— PJ (May 5, 2023)
Rome wasn’t built in a day, but it burned down in one.
— Doug C (May 2, 2023)
When I first came in 1995, I thought they said, “There are no Jews or thieves required…”
— Our own Dr. Bob RIP (April 30, 2023)
I went through life torching everything and everyone - I'm a 'Blame-Thrower'
— Brad P quoting Milton from St. Chistopher's (May 19, 2025, 8:10 am)
Yesterday’s history, tomorrow’s a mystery, but my chances are good if I keep comin’
— Pedro (May 28, 2025, 8:50 am)
I came for my drinking and stayed for my thinking.
— “NY Yankees” Darryl (June 4, 2025, 8:37 am)
It’s easier to believe in God than to fight it
— Jerry while leading the 8AM Thought to Ponder (June 24, 2025, 8:18 am)
Less Drama, More Laundry
— Danny McC. (July 13, 2025, 7:24 pm)
If you have a car, you don’t just drive it continuously, it needs some regular maintenance.
— Anthony S (July 16, 2025, 8:33 am)