Twelve Quotations from Conference Approved Literature

(CAL)

Do you know your CAL?

1. “It may not be easier but relating to a sober person is better than dealing with a drunk.”

a. Living with Sobriety

b. In All Our Affairs: Making Crises Work for You

c. Lois Remembers

1. “It may not be easier but relating to a sober person is better than dealing with a drunk.”

a. Living with Sobriety (P-49)

b. In All Our Affairs: Making Crises Work for You

c. Lois Remembers

2. “Most of us find that the quality of our lives continues to improve as we apply the Al-Anon program not only to crisis situations but to our everyday lives.”

a. From Survival to Recovery

b. Paths to Recovery

c. In All Our Affairs: Making Crises Work for You

2. “Most of us find that the quality of our lives continues to improve as we apply the Al-Anon program not only to crisis situations but to our everyday lives.”

a. From Survival to Recovery

b. Paths to Recovery

c. In All Our Affairs: Making Crises Work for You (B-15)

3. “I don’t need to understand the Power greater than myself, only to trust it.”

a. Discovering Choices

b. As We Understood…

c. Lois Remembers

3. “I don’t need to understand the Power greater than myself, only to trust it.”

a. Discovering Choices

b. As We Understood… (B-11)

c. Lois Remembers

4. “We laugh more. Faith replaces fear and gratitude comes naturally as we realize that our Higher Power is doing for us what we cannot do for ourselves.”

a. Paths to Recovery

b. Al-Anon’s Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions

c. From Survival to Recovery

4. “We laugh more. Faith replaces fear and gratitude comes naturally as we realize that our Higher Power is doing for us what we cannot do for ourselves.”

a. Paths to Recovery

b. Al-Anon’s Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions

c. From Survival to Recovery (B-21)

5. “Service helps me stretch my boundaries. Taking risks helps me grow, and Al-Anon is a safe place to do just that: take a risk and grow.”

a. When I Got Busy, I Got Better

b. From Survival to Recovery

c. Paths to Recovery

5. “Service helps me stretch my boundaries. Taking risks helps me grow, and Al-Anon is a safe place to do just that: take a risk and grow.”

a. When I Got Busy, I Got Better (P-78)

b. From Survival to Recovery

c. Paths to Recovery

6. “It takes only one person to start something, but many others to carry it out.”

a. Lois Remembers

b. How Al-Anon Works

c. When I Got Busy, I Got Better

6. “It takes only one person to start something, but many others to carry it out.”

a. Lois Remembers (B-7)

b. How Al-Anon Works

c. When I Got Busy, I Got Better

7. “Through our willingness to face our loss openly and honestly, we discover our strength and resilience – not despite it, but because of it.”

a. Discovering Choices

b. Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses

c. Living with Sobriety

7. “Through our willingness to face our loss openly and honestly, we discover our strength and resilience – not despite it, but because of it.”

a. Discovering Choices

b. Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses (B-29)

c. Living with Sobriety

8. “We follow Al-Anon principles each day to guard ourselves against confusion. The more closely our thoughts relate to a Power greater than ourselves, the more we find we are growing in humility, without which there could be no spiritual progress.”

a. Lois Remembers

b. Al-Anon’s Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions

c. As We Understood …

8. “We follow Al-Anon principles each day to guard ourselves against confusion. The more closely our thoughts relate to a Power greater than ourselves, the more we find we are growing in humility, without which there could be no spiritual progress.”

a. Lois Remembers

b. Al-Anon’s Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions (B-8)

c. As We Understood …

9. “Happily, many of us also discovered that not only do the Steps, Traditions, and Concepts help us to recover from the effects of living with another person’s alcoholism, but they also guide us to a new way of life filled with serenity and love.”

a. Al-Anon’s Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions

b. How Al-Anon Works c. Paths to Recovery

9. “Happily, many of us also discovered that not only do the Steps, Traditions, and Concepts help us to recover from the effects of living with another person’s alcoholism, but they also guide us to a new way of life filled with serenity and love.”

a. Al-Anon’s Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions

b. How Al-Anon Works c. Paths to Recovery (B-24)

10. “The recognition that we have choices opens the door to hope – hope that despite the effects of alcoholism on our lives, we can find a more positive way of relating to other people.”

a. Living with Sobriety

b. Discovering Choices

c. Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses

10. “The recognition that we have choices opens the door to hope – hope that despite the effects of alcoholism on our lives, we can find a more positive way of relating to other people.”

a. Living With Sobriety

b. Discovering Choices (B-30)

c. Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses

11. “If we focus on bringing this program into every phase of our lives, our spiritual growth can be unlimited and our rewards endless.”

a. Paths to Recovery

b. …In All Our Affairs: Making Crises Work for You

c. The Twelve Steps and Traditions

11. “If we focus on bringing this program into every phase of our lives, our spiritual growth can be unlimited and our rewards endless.”

a. Paths to Recovery

b. … In All Our Affairs: Making Crises Work for You

c. The Twelve Steps and Traditions (P-17)

12. “As we become increasingly aware of our behavior, our choices, and the part we play in the alcoholic situation, we become much better able to make changes that allow us to create a life we can be proud to live.”

a. As We Understood…

b. How Al-Anon Works

c. Discovering Choices

12. “As we become increasingly aware of our behavior, our choices, and the part we play in the alcoholic situation, we become much better able to make changes that allow us to create a life we can be proud to live.”

a. As We Understood

b. How Al-Anon Works (B-22)

c. Discovering Choices

Discovering Choices

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