says my sponsor

I do better when I stay out of the results business. all I can do is put in the effort.

My sponsor says, "Don't think about it, just DO IT! If you were holding hot rocks you wouldn't think about it, you would JUST DROP THEM!"

He's a smart guy, my sponsor.

I'm going to be creating slogan tent cards to display on my home meeting tables, wondering if anyone can share some with me. So far I have:

For Ourselves, Not By Ourselves (from the MA website)
Keep Off the Grass
Pick up the Phone, Not the Pot

I know of several others from AA meetings, like:

Keep It Simple
One Day at a Time
Let Go, Let God
etc.

From MA pamphlet 10:

• One Day at a Time
• Progress, Not Perfection
• Let Go, Let God
• Turn It Over
• Live and Let Live
• H.A.L.T.
• Expect a Miracle
• Don't Quit Before the Miracles Happen
• Easy Does It

Thanks Keith :)

HALT is a great one (for the n00bies, that's Hungry Angry Lonely Tired, applies to more than just addiction, any time u feel like blowing up at someone or beating yourself up... HALT).

A new one I've been using... "Process not Product" (which is similar to Turn it Over, I've got to give each day my best, the product is up to God, no?)

If u've got Eckhart Tolle fans, than Power of Now becomes Higher Power of Now (which I think is so true, our Higher Power governs every *now* =^)

but my all time favorite, posted by Keith G.

ONE DAY AT A TIME!

This is living life to the fullest. Being in the moment....

"This, too, shall pass."

I used to whine to my sponsor when I was first getting clean about how horrible, depressed, and lonely I felt. I had been using pot so I wouldn't have to feel those feelings, and when the pot was gone, I had all these things come up that I had no idea how to deal with them. I thought I would feel that way forever. My sponsor kindly reminded me on many occasions that "This, too, shall pass."

After a while, I was doing much better! I still had those same feelings, but much less frequently. I was doing well, enjoying life, attending meetings, helping others, and doing service. I told him how well I was doing and how wonderful my life was.

He wisely replied "Enjoy it while you can, because this, too, shall pass." :

funny

in lieu of a convoluted explanation, one of the messages I like to carry is

"It gets better"

Progress not Perfection:  very important for me because the drive to gain approval thru high achievment and constantly striving for the elusive 'Perfection' has been one of my greatest character defects.  Mainly because, well hey what follows:  if you can't do it right why even bother to try?