FAQ Category: Slogans

‘Just for today I will look for ways to enjoy life – stop by a garden, try a new hobby, or call a good friend. I can look for humor. I can savor love. I can explore something new. Maybe just for today, I’ll try standing on my head to see if I like the view.” Courage to Change (8-16), p. 274

“Just for today I will find a little time to relax and to realize what life is and can be; time to think about God and get a better perspective on myself.” Alcoholism, the Family Disease (P-4), p. 17

“How can I apply ‘First Things First’ to clarify a confounding task today?” Hope for Today (B-27), p. 73

“First Things First’ helps us make more workable choices and to live with the choices we make.” How Al-Anon Works for Families & Friends of Alcoholics (B-32), p. 69

“Easy Does It” suggests not only that I learn to slow down, but also that I learn to lighten up. Today I will strive to take a more accepting attitude toward myself and to enjoy the day, regardless of what I achieve.” Courage To Change (B-16), p. 93

“Improving our own attitudes, and our own state of mind, takes time. Haste and impatience can only defeat our purposes.” This Is Al-Anon (P-32), p. 9

“When I take time for gratitude, I perceive a better world. Today I will appreciate the miracles all around me.” Courage To Change (B-16), p. 282
“Even the darkest of moments can be faced with a grateful heart, if not for the crisis itself, at least for the growth it can evoke with the help of our Higher Power.” In All Our Affairs (B-15), p. 209

“Live and Let Live’ helps me stay on my own plot of recovery where I can do the most good, rather than wasting my time on someone else’s.” Hope for Today (B-27), p. 70
“Our only concern should be our own conduct, our own improvement, our own lives. We are entitled to our own view of things, and we have no right to inflict it on anyone else.” Alcoholism, the Family Disease (P-4), p. 17

“It’s not important for me to comment on everything I hear.  It is important for me to let go and let others make decisions for themselves.” Hope For Today (B‑27), p.142

“Al‑Anon helped me to let live by teaching me about detachment and helping me to see that many of my problems stemmed from minding everyone’s business but my own.” Courage to Change (B-16), p. 234