Staying Abstinent

Poor me.....Poor me...... Pour me a drink!

It's the "first" drink that gets you drunk

It's the first cookie that starts a binge

One alcoholic talking to another........

Do it sober

Every recovery from addiction began with one sober/abstinent Minute

The first step is the only step a person can work perfectly

you are not required to like it, you're only required to DO IT

Your 12 step program will work if you want it to work/work it

Keep coming back

If you want to drink-----that is your business, if you want to quit-------that is our business

Don't compare---identify, don't intellectualize----utilize

Stay away from the First Drink, Drug, Bet, bite (apply your specific addiction here)

Nothing is so bad, using won't make it worse

Most folks commit suicide with a knife and fork (Eating disorders)

First we stayed sober because we have to... then we stay sober because we are willing to.... finally we stay sober because we want to...

One is too many and hundred not enough

Try not place conditions on your sobriety/abstinence

Bring the body and the mind will follow

We all have another drunk/binge left in us but we don't know if we have another recovery in us

Be as enthusiastic about recovery as you were about your addiction