The Universe doesn’t make mistakes. Everything is happening just as it should. It’s only our perception of difficulties that causes us the distress and the difficulty we experience. Not only that, but when we label events as ‘bad,’ we fail to perceive the benefit that is waiting for us.
The more you engage in any type of emotion or behavior, the greater your desire for it will become.
Who you allow into the circle of your life will make the difference in the quality of your life.
Everything that happens to me is the best possible thing that can happen to me.
The moment you make the internal changes necessary to obtain your goal, the outside world changes instantly.
You are not alone in your quest to be who you want and have what you want.
Think about the stigma that is attached to the idea that alcoholism is a disease, an incurable illness, and you have it. That’s a terrible thing to inflict on someone. Labeling alcoholism as a disease, a cause unto itself, simply no longer fits with what we know today about its causes.
When you need an idea about how to do anything, get quiet and relaxed and think about what it is you need to know. Then the flow of ideas will come. Be patient and let it happen. Sometimes it takes a little while, but it always works.
Every person in the AA program who’s successful is living proof that he or she does have power over addictive drugs and alcohol- the power to stop.
If you feel depressed for an hour, you’ve produced approximately eighteen billion new cells that have more receptors calling out for depressed-type peptides and fewer calling out for feel-good peptides.
Stress comes from the way you relate to events or situations.
A computer cannot manufacture new information. That’s the difference between our brain and a computer.
Stress and anxiety cause our brains to release chemicals that put lines in our faces and tear us down emotionally and spiritually.
The path of the knowledgeable, successful person, which only leads to supreme good fortune and great success is always directly in front of you.
The Universe doesn’t make mistakes.
You can open to the idea that whatever happened to you in the past eventually turned out or will turn out to be a benefit to you.
The Zen of doing anything is doing it with a particular concentration of mind, a calmness and simplicity of mind, that brings the experience of enlightenment and, through that experience, happiness.
Happiness comes from our response to the conditions of our lives.
Most of the time, we respond to life without taking a moment.
When people who believe themselves to be addicts or alcoholics come under great stress or trauma, they mentally give themselves permission to drink or use drugs as a remedy.