12 STEP SLOGANS
One Day at a Time, Easy Does It, Let Go and Let God, Spirituality vs. Religion, Keep It Simple, Stupid; Progress, Not Perfection; Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes; First Things First; Faith Without Works Is Dead; Live and Let Live, Time takes time, One day at a time, Let it begin with me; But for the Grace of God; Keep Coming Back, Keep it Simple; Listen and Learn; Think, FAT HEAD = FAT THINKING; Is your program powered by Will Power or Higher Power?; Cultivate an attitude of gratitude; Misery is optional; God never made no junk; Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less; Live life on life's terms; You can't think your way into a new way of living...you have to live your way into a new way of thinking; The key to freedom is in the Steps; GOD = Good Orderly Direction; HALT = don't get to Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired; Your worth should never depend on another persons opinion; HOW it works = Honesty, Open mindedness, and Willingness; SLIP = Sobriety Lost Its Priority; Don't pick up, ask for help, call your sponsor, and go to meetings; It's a simple program for complicated people; The newcomer is the most important person in any meeting; Keep coming back, it works if you work it; Learn to listen and listen to learn; Many meetings, many chances, few meetings, few chances, no meetings, no chances; Meeting makers make it; People who don't go to meetings don't hear about what happens to people who don't go to meetings; To keep what you have, you have to give it away; How does it work? It works just fine; If you don't want to slip, stay away from slippery places; If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got; If you sit in the barber's chair long enough, you'll eventually get a haircut; Most things can be preserved in alcohol, dignity, however, is not one of them; Progress, not perfection; Resentment is like drinking poison and expecting someone else to die; think......think.......think; Keep it simple; This too shall pass; Stick with the winners; H O P E = Happy Our Program Exists; Recovery is a journey ...not a destination; To thine own self be true; Turn it over; Nothing is so bad, a drink won't make it worse; Willingness is the key; Take what you need and leave the rest; If you expect respect, be the first to show some; Keep the plug in the jug; Do it sober; Although we are not responsible for our disease we are responsible for our recovery; Hugs not Drugs; Just for Today; Recovery doesn't happen overnight; Pass it on; If you want to stay clean, don't use; Don't quit before the miracle happens; Time takes time; Learn to listen and listen to learn; Use the 24-hour plan; Nobody ever found recovery as a result of an intellectual awakening; When all else fails, follow directions; Change is a process, not an event; Call your sponsor before, not after, you take the first drink; Give time time; I was sick and tired of being sick and tired; You only get out of it what you put into it, It's the first drink that gets you drunk; An addict alone is in bad company; You can only keep what you have by giving it away; Take what you can use and leave the rest; Recovery begins with the First Step; Help is only a phone call away; Nothing changes if nothing changes; It is possible to change without improving - it is impossible to improve without change; Experience, strength and hope not opinions; bullshit and dope; One drink is too many and a thousand not enough; Keep coming back; An addict cannot be grateful and hateful at the same time; Easy does it; Easy does it but do it; Stick with the winners; Win with the stickers; Serenity is not freedom from the storm but peace amid the storm; Feelings are not facts; Principles before personalities; Turn it over, don't turn it off; Seven days without a meeting makes one weak; Growing old is mandatory - Growing up is optional; Slogans are wisdom written in shorthand; Holding a Resentment is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die; Came in for the Vanity, Stayed for the Sanity; Expectations = Resentments under construction; Don’t give up until the miracle happens; I don’t think less of myself, I think of myself less; Isolation is the dark room where I develop my negatives