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Home» Recovery » Blessed By Mottos

Blessed By Mottos

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You’re in the right program if you’re blessed by mottos. Alcoholics Anonymous has dozens of them.

They’re quick and to the point. That’s why we like them.

AA’s often joke that it has to be short or their sodden old brains wouldn’t be able to remember them.

I’ve got news for them. Tired, old brains need short, poignant thoughts too. *wink*

Here are a few old favorites:

Easy does it.

Keep it simple.

One day at a time.

We’re the one’s who tend to complicate things and/or try to run faster than we’re able. We forget the “Power of the Little Bit.”

 

Keep coming back, . . . it works!

When I first heard this one, I thought “it” was referring to the program and that’s an appropriate interpretation. Then, one day, the thought went  through my mind, “Keep coming back, Colleen, . . . coming back works.”

In other words, don’t be impatient, don’t give up, let it take the time it takes to work for you.

 

Let go and let God.

 Some LDS people frown at this one, thinking it means, “Let go and ignore the problem.” I’ve come to realize that, for me, it means “Let go of the pilot’s seat, Colleen. Trade seats with God. Let Him be the pilot, instead of the co-pilot.”

It means, as President Benson put it, (paraphrasing), “If we will put God first, everything else will fall into its proper place.”

 

Wait five minutes for the miracle.

This is similar to to, “Pause and pray.” Many a terrible craving to act out has been turned aside by waiting five minutes—especially if I spend that five minutes in prayer.

What are some of your favorite recovery mottos or slogans? What do they mean to you?

~Colleen H.

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3 comments on “Blessed By Mottos”

  1. Alicia says:
    July 11, 2012 at 3:49 PM

    I don’t know if it actually counts as a motto… but I cling to the phrase, “Be Still and Know that I am God.” I can’t think how many times I’ve rehearsed those words in my head when I start to feel overwhelmed or panicked over a situation I have no control over.
    Be Still.
    Know.
    I am God.

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    • Colleen says:
      July 11, 2012 at 10:28 PM

      Alicia,

      There are so many “one-liners” in the scriptures that are “triggers” to remembering the Lord in a moment of temptation. Another of my favorites is in John 14:18, “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”

      Colleen

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  2. Julyn Harrison says:
    July 12, 2012 at 2:27 PM

    One of my favorites right now (that is VERY applicable to my current circumstances) is: Ebb and Flow, Learn as You Go. I see now that it goes right along with the idea of “keep coming back, it works” in that you have to leave the meeting to come back to it–ebb and flow.

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