Here are some of my favorites that i recieved the first year i was in alanon hope you enjoy.

If I Continue....

IF i continue to see things the way i have always seen things,

I will continue to think the way i have always thought.

If i continue to think the way i have always thought,

I will continue to believe what i have always believed.

If i continue to believe what i have always believed,

I will continue to act the way i have always acted.

If i continue to act the way i have always acted,

I will continue to get what i have always gotten.

Recovery: Letting Go

To "let go" does not meant to stop caring, it means

i can't do it for someone else.

To "let go" is not to cut myself off, its the

realization that i can not control another.

To "let go" is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences.

To "let go" is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.

To "let go" is not to try to change or blame another, it's to make the most of myself.

To "let go" is not to care for but to care about.

To "let go" is not to fix, but be supportive.

To "let go" is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.

To "let go" is not to be in the middle arrainging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect thier own destinies.

To "let go" is not to be protective, its to permit another to face reality.

To "let go" is not todeny, but to accept.

To "let go" is not to nag, scold or argue, but instead to search  out my own shortcomings and correct them.

To "let go" is not to adust everything to my desires but to take each day as it comes, and cherish myself in it.

To "let go" is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future.

To "let go" is to fear less and love more.

Sieze the Moment

Have you ever watched kids playing on a merry go round Or listened to the rain lapping on the ground? Ever follow a butterfly's erratic flight or gazed at the sun into the fading night? You better slow down Dont dance so fast time is short The music wont last. Do you run through each day on the fly? When you ask "How are you"? Do you hear the reply? When the day is done, do you lie in bed with the next hundred chores running through your head? You'd better slow down dont dance so fast time is short the music wont last. Ever told your child, we'll do it tommorow and then in your haste, not see his sorrow? Ever lost touch, Let a good friendship die To call and say "hi"? You'd better slow down dont dance so fast time is short the music wont last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere you miss half the fun of getting there. When you worry and hurry through your day it is like an unopened gift.... Thrown away....

Life is not a race do take it slower Hear the music before the song is over.