Some Tips for Recovery:

1. Don't pick up! If your butt falls off we will teach you a new way to sit!
2. Realize you can't do it alone. Your best thinking gets you in trouble. Go to meetings and ask for help!
3. Sit up front. Sitting in the front builds confidence. You do want to succeed!
4. Get phone numbers. People in recovery will be glad to hear from you. Make sure you call and say your glad you met. Buy a phone book to keep your numbers in, don't rely on a poor memory. Keep that phone book with you at all times.
5. Make eye contact. Eye contact builds trust. You do want to be believed!
6. Go early. The best seats are filled 15 minutes before the meeting starts.
7. Stay late. Empty ashtrays. Sweep the floor. Put the books away. Being of service to others it a primary principal.
8. Acquire literature. You can't read the Big Book if you don't have one. If you can't afford one there may be some available on loan.
9. Get a sponsor. Don't get lost in the woods without a guide!
10. Find a Higher Power. The chapter to the Agnostic can be summed up in three words: Change your mind!
11. Read literature daily. You can't read? Recovery materials are available on cassette, video and in Braille! No excuses!
12. Have an ongoing conversation with your Higher Power. You talk to your friend's daily, let Him be your friend, too. Trust in His wisdom and guidance.
13. Be open-minded. You can be open to new ideas.
14. Talk to a recovering person daily. You just might help them be sober today!
15. Try new suggestions. Doing the same thing gets the same results!
16. Work the steps; they aren't on the walls for decoration!
17. Change playmates and play pens. If everyone is eating pizza, you probably will, too. Water seeks it's own level and you need to raise yours!
18. Recognize that life is not fair. Fair comes in August.
19. Stick with the winners! You can tell them by the happy smiles.
20. Make the coffee. It helps build your confidence.
21. Be selfish about your recovery. Make sure to put yourself first!
22. Develop an attitude of gratitude. Focus on your blessings. Pass out gratitude lists with your phone number.
23. Live a 24-hour plan. If that's too long, take life a minute at a time.
24. Live and Let Live! Nothing pays off like restraint of tongue and pen...
25. Find a hobby. Idle time it the Devils toy!
26. Exercise. A natural high won't get you busted!
27. Remember H.A.L.T. Don't get too hungry, angry, lonely or tired.
28. Air it out! You are only as sick as the secrets you keep.
29. Pamper yourself. Candle lit bubble baths are a simple luxury.
30. Spend time with supportive family members. The best amends is allowing them time to see you sober!
31. Go to church. Visit His house and not the crack house!
32. Volunteer. Everyone can afford to give some time!
33. Learn the slogans. Find out was K.I.S.S. stands for.
34. Eat Right. Your body needs healthy food to repair itself!
35. Compliment others. To make friends you need to be a friend!
36. Go to a potluck meeting. This is a good type of pot!
37. Face the fear! Remember, that fear stands for false evidence appearing real!
38. It's never too late to have a happy childhood...Fly a kite, blow some bubbles, draw with crayons and watch cartoons!
39. Don't give up. Quitters don't recover!
40. Don't be a but...everything after "but" is bologna...
41. Speak up! It's a confidence-building vitamin!
42. Smile Big. Fake until you make it!
43. Go to a recovery dance, see how silly every one looks!
44. Walk fast. Achievers don't waste time dawdling.
45. Sing a happy tune. "Happy days are here again..." pretty soon they will be...
46. Guard your thoughts. What you think determines how you act!
47. Think of the end results. Doing the same thing gets the same results!
48. Embroider the Serenity Prayer. Give as gifts!
49. Improve your vocabulary. The Big Book is a good place to start!
50. Put a recovery bumper sticker on your car, your door, or on your desk!
51. Make your next vacation a recovery convention it's more fun than Disney Land!
52. Not all prisons have bars! You are a prisoner of your own mind. You can be Happy, Joyous and Free!
53. Add to your self-worth. If you're not adding, you're subtracting...
54. Keep your token in your pocket. Look at it daily.
55. Ask yourself if you want to be right, or you want to be happy.
56. How important is it? If it's not going to be important next year, it's not now!
57. Have a vision. A business without a goal doomed to failure.
58. Dare to dream. It's not over 'til it's over...
59. Remember Wise Will. Shakespeare: "Tis not good or evil, only thinking makes it so." Don't think about the good old days, remember how it ends.
60. Don't let your appearance warrant contempt. What your wear frames how others perceive you! Others will treat you according to your appearance!
61. Give your self a pep talk! Self-talk creates self-image!
62. Be productive! Others will see your value!
63. Be pro-active. In order to get different results, you must take different action!
64. Give it away! You have to give it away to keep it! Share with others...
65. Suit up and show up! The race is not always to the fastest runner; it's often to the finisher... Perseverance pays big dividends!
66. Set goals. Have a clear image of where you want to go. Failure to plan is planning to fail.
67. Wear symbols of your recovery. (Necklace, earrings, rings, T-shirts or caps...)
68. If you used every day, go to a meeting every day.
69. There is no such thing as too many meetings! (Start with 90 meetings in 90 days and build from there.)
70. Invite someone out for coffee...let that person do all the talking.
71. Rent a recovery movie: 28 Days, Clean and Sober, Barfly, Days of Wine and Roses, or Less than Zero. Make popcorn and share with a friend!
72. Collect meetings on cassettes. Make copies for friends.
73. Volunteer at your local rehab. You will reap rewards...
74. Learn to meditate. Give your mind a bath!
75. Bake cookies and take them to the meeting. You'll be very popular!
76. Be a crusader! When you see that something ought to be done, pick up the ball and run!
77. Be humble. Remember where you came from...
78. Turn it over! Make a God Bag. Don't forget to let go...
79. Regard set backs and crisis as opportunities to learn. You can salvage something from every set back!
80. Make amends. Guilt is a cancer that eats your soul!
81. Surrender your desires and "do the next right thing."
82. Expect of Miracle! (Post this on your mirror.)
83. Memorize the Serenity Prayer. (3rd Step Prayer, 7th Step Prayer, 11th Step Prayer.)
84. Don't live on automatic pilot. Think before you drink!
85. Be the bearer of good news. Encourage others...read the Big Book to someone.
86. Service work is the key. Chair a meeting, be the secretary, be the G.S.O.
87. Remember, its progress not perfection. Only God is perfect!
88. Find out what Rule 62 means. Paint it on a sweatshirt and wait for the questions.
89. Attitudes are contagious, is yours worth catching?
90. Find a Step Workshop or start your own.
91. Read the 24-Hour Book.
92. Write yourself a love note or send yourself flowers. (It's cheaper than drugs.)
93. Be willing to go to any lengths...
94. Learn the three stages of recovery. Which one applies to you?
95. Look for the silver lining in every cloud.
96. Keep coming back!
97. Call your Sponsor. Read the Big Book. Go to meetings.
98. Grow or go...
99. Seek God first!
100. When all else fails, follow the directions...

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