Twelve Step Meetings Quotes

#1. The Irish tell the story of a man who arrives at the gates of heaven and asks to be let in St. Peter says, "Of course, just show us your scars." The man says, "I have no scars". St. Peter says, "What a pity was there nothing worth fighting for"?

Martin Sheen

#2. Billions of years before twelve step groups, God committed shotgun suicide. Today wall scrapings share His gratitude stories.

Brian Spellman

#3. A woman's life is the sum of her choices.

Dahmenah M.

#4. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

#5. I'm blessed with learning easily. I've always had a good thing about memorizing quickly, and I just leave the script kind of open somewhere, and as I walk by I'll just take a swipe at it and then go on about my business and pretty soon it sticks.

Betty White

#6. Research shows you get multiple tasks done faster if you do them one at a time. It also decreases stress and raises happiness.

Shawn Achor

#7. Frivolity, under whatever form it appears, deprives attention of its power, thought of its originality, and sentiment of its depth.

Madame De Stael

#8. Love and do what you want. If you stop talking, you will stop talking with love; if you shout, you will shout with love; if you correct, you will correct with love.

Saint Augustine

#9. Culture means control over nature.

Johan Huizinga

#10. Can you see that meetings and centers that don't address the real causes of dependency are almost certain to be little or no help? They actually can be very damaging.

Chris Prentiss

#11. Oh, shut up, Weatherby,' said Fred.

J.K. Rowling

#12. I kiss you and kiss you, With arms around my own, Ah, how shall I miss you, When, dear, you have grown.

W.B.Yeats

#13. I recovered from recovering so no longer celebrate not doing bad things to defend myself as good. I added new bad for good measure.

Brian Spellman