Earthstar Works

 home          arts          books          greetings          portals          lucki stars          about

Home > Lucki Stars > Aphorisms & Memes

Aphorisms & Memes
by
Lucki Melander Wilder
x
" #PleaseStealThese "  -- Lucki
Most good ideas are simple.... -- The Big Book, "How It Works"

This year being AA's 90th anniversary, all 66 posters (both 53 weekly on Wednesdays and 13 special for Baha'i events) depict simple statements heard in the rooms of recovery. They express the ideas and understandings of the anonymous speakers, not anything cited as "authorized". Many of them speak not just to alcoholics in the rooms, but to everyone everywhere trying to live their best life. If you have trouble seeing the smaller versions of the posters below, you can always use/repeat Ctrl + (plus sign) to zoom in and Ctrl - (minus sign) to zoom back out. Feel free to copy/paste any images anywhere. Your social media, emails, a card, poster, T-shirt, whatever. But just for your personal use, not $-making. Please don't crop credit lines. Do use hashtags. Feel free to email me to request a high-res copy of any image(s) on this page. And enjoy!

Start with JANUARY 1     Go to 2025 list/links     Go to 2025 hashtags/links Switch to Abiding Blog     Switch to Adding Insult
2025-06-25 End   #Feeling   #TheEnd
Heard in the rooms of recovery: A bottom is not a situation. It's a feeling. The feeling that this is the end! That I can't do this anymore and still survive. #Feeling #TheEnd #Recovery
Entries for 2025
01-01 Change
01-08 Moment
01-15 Know
01-22 Short
01-29 Steps
02-05 Solitary
02-12 Life
02-19 Identify
02-25 Come & Stay
92-26 Welcome
03-02 Need To Know
03-05 Work 		continued
03-12 Miracle
03-19 Message
03-20 Get An Answer
03-26 Go
04-02 Prayers
04-09 Chased
04-16 Words
04-20 Deny & Defy
04-23 Connect
04-28 Let God Know
04-30 Marathon
05-01 There's Only 1
 continued
05-07 Keep
05-14 Three
05-21 Insurance
05-23 Think Less Of
05-28 You Got It
05-28 Everything
06-04 Experience
06-11 Children
06-18 Being
06-25 End
07-02 Different
07-09 It Is Louder		 continued
07-09 Twofold
07-16 Then
07-23 Power
07-30 Or
08-06 Check
08-13 Discipline
08-20 Before
08-27 But
09-03 Is
09-10 Moments
09-17 Four
09-24 Reveal		 continmued
10-01 Working
10-08 Detach
10-15 What
10-22 Work On You
10-22 Hunting
10-23 A User Manual
10-29 Imperfect
11-05 Mind
11-12 Learn
11-19 Heart
11-25 We Are Love
11-26 Meetings		 continued
11-27 When I Stay
12-03 Keeps
12-10 You
12-17 Days
12-24 Drink
12-31 One
KEY - List Date-color:
Black = Blog Quote
Blue = In the Rooms
Gold = Upcoming
Red = Step/Baha'i Event
Violet = Book/Life Quote

Go to Newer Entries
There are no newer entries
-------------
Go to Older Entries
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018

xHashtags for 2025   #12Steps   #3Words   #4Words   #AboutGod   #AllBad   #AllGood   #AllWeNeed   #AllWeWant   #Answers   #Assurance   #AvoidTheMess   #Being   #CarryTheMessage   #Change   #CompareAgainst   #ComingUpShort   #Connections   #Drinking   #Experienced   #Explained   #Fear   #Feeling 2    #FinishLine   #GetRight   #GodKnows   #GoToGod   #HelpMe   #Humility   #IdentifyWith   #Insurance   #InTheWay    #LiveInTheMoment   #LiveInTheNow   #Miracle 2   #MyChildren   #Pathways   #ReadHowGoDo   #SelfAppraisal   #Shortcomings   #Spirituality   #Step1   #Step2   #Step3   #Step4   #Step5   #Step6   #Step7   #Step8   #Stress   #TakingInventory   #ThankYou   #TheBigBook   #TheEnd   #TheWhy   #Thinking   #Trying   #Unchanged   #Welcome   #WhatYouGet   #WhatYouKeep   #WhoIAm   #WhoseIAm   #Winner   #Words   #WorkTheSteps   #YourLife     

2025-06-18 Being
#Feeling   #Being
Heard in the rooms of recovery: It's not about feeling. It's about being! #Feeling #Being #Recovery		 2025-06-11 Children
#MyChildren   #Spirituality
Heard in the rooms of recovery: Children get it. I'm learning spirituality from my 8-year-old. #MyChildren #Spirituality #Recovery		 2025-06-04 Experience
#Experienced   #Explained
Heard in the rooms of recovery: God is to be experienced, not explained. #Experienced #Explained #Recovery
x

2025-05-28 Everything
#AllWeWant   #AllWeNeed
Heard in the rooms of recovery: Unity~~No one gets everything they want; everyone gets everything they need. #AllWeWant #AllWeNeed #Recovery		 x
For Ascension (passing) of Baha'u'llah & Step 8
2025-05-28 You Got It
#Step8   #TakingInventory
Heard in the rooms of recovery about Step 8: On taking someone else's inventory: If you spot it, you got it. #Step8 #TakingInventory #Recovery		 x
For Declaration of the Bab & Step 7
2025-05-23 Think Less Of
/ #Step7   #Humility
Heard in the rooms of recovery about Step 7: Humility isn't thinking less of myself; humility is thinking of myself less. #Step7 #Humility #Recovery
x
2025-05-21 Insurance
#Insurance   #Assurance
Heard in the rooms of recovery: Meetings are insurance. Take out insurance, and get assurance. #Insurance #Assurance #Recovery		 x
2025-05-14 Three
#Stress   #3Words
Heard in the rooms of recovery: When stressed: Pause. Pray. Proceed. #Stress #3Words #Recovery		 x
2025-05-07 Keep
#WhatYouGet   #WhatYouKeep
Heard in the rooms of recovery: The program isn't about what you get. It's about what you keep. #WhatYouGet #WhatYouKeep #Recovery
x
For Twelfth of Ridvan & Step 6
2025-05-01 There's Only 1
#Step6   #Fear
Heard in the rooms of recovery about Step 6: There's only one character defect: FEAR. False Evidence Appearing Real. #Step6 #Fear #Recovery		 x

2025-04-30 Marathon
#FinishLine   #Winner
Heard in the rooms of recovery: Luckily, recovery isn't a short-term sprint; it's a lifelong marathon. And just making it to the finish line wins the gold medal. #FinishLine #Winner #Recovery		 x
For Ninth of Ridvan & Step 5
2025-04-28 Let God Know
#Step5   #GodKnows
Heard in the rooms of recovery about Step 5: You don't have to let God know what you did. God knows what you did. You have to let God know YOU know what you did. #Step5 #GodKnows #Recovery
x

2025-04-23 Connect
#Connections   #Pathways
Heard in the rooms of recovery: We connect with God through people, and we connect with people through God. #Connections #Pathways #Recovery		 x
For First of Ridvan & Step 4
2025-04-20 Deny & Defy
#Step4   #Trying
Heard in the rooms of recovery about Step 4: I was alcoholic: Denying, defying, and very, very trying. #Step4 #Trying #Recovery		 x

2025-04-16 Words
#Words   #4Words
Heard in the rooms of recovery: I've learned to say 4 words every day: Help. Sorry. Thanks. Wow! #Words #4Words #Recovery
x
2025-04-09 Chased  
#Drinking   #Thinking
Heard in the rooms of recovery: That first-drink feeling? The harder I chased it, the further away it got. #Drinking #Thinking #Recovery		 x
2025-04-02 Prayers
#HelpMe   #ThankYou
Heard in the rooms of recovery: My Three Daily Prayers -- As I get up: "Please help." In the moment of turmoil or resentment: "Bless them, change me." As I go to sleep: "Thank You." #HelpMe #ThankYou #Recovery		 x
2025-03-26 Go
#GetRight   #GoToGod
Heard in the rooms of recovery: I don't have to get right to go to God; I have to go to God to get right. #GetRight #GoToGod #Recovery
x
For Naw-Ruz (New Year) & Step 3
  2025-03-20 Get An Answer
#Step3   #Answers
Heard in the rooms of recovery about Step 3: When we ask God, we don't always get the answer we want but we always get the answer we need. #Step3 #Answers #Recovery		 x

2025-03-19 Message
#CarryTheMessage   #AvoidTheMess
Heard in the rooms of recovery: Carry the message, not the mess. #CarryTheMessage #AvoidTheMess #Recovery		 x

2025-03-12 Miracle
#ReadHowGoDo   #Miracle
Heard in the rooms of recovery: To read how others did it and then to go do it, that's a miracle. #ReadHowGoDo #Miracle #Recovery
x
2025-03-05 Work
#AllGood   #AllBad
Heard in the rooms of recovery: A good day is when everything is going good and I still work the program. A great day is when everything is going bad and I still work the program. #AllGood #AllBad #Recovery		 x
For 19-Day (daylight) Fast & Step 2
  2025-03-02 Need To Know  
#Step2   #AboutGod
Heard in the rooms of recovery about Step 2: There's only two things you need to know about God: There is One, and you're not it. #Step2 #AboutGod #Recovery		 x

2025-02-26 Welcome
#Welcome   #Miracle
Heard in the rooms of recovery: Welcome to the rooms of recovery. Don't leave until the miracle happens. #Welcome #Miracle #Recovery
x
For Ayyam-i-Ha (Intercalary Days) & Step 1
  2025-02-25 Come & Stay
#Step1   #TheWhy
Heard in the rooms of recovery about Step 1: We come for the drinking. We stay for the thinking. #Step1 #TheWhy #Recovery		 x

2025-02-19 Identify
#IdentifyWith   #CompareAgainst
Heard in the rooms of recovery: Learn to identify, not compare. #IdentifyWith #CompareAgainst #Recovery		 x

2025-02-12 Life
#YourLife   #InTheWay
Heard in the rooms of recovery: Don't let the life AA has given you get in the way of your AA life. #YourLife #InTheWay #Recovery
x
2025-02-05 Solitary
#SelfAppraisal   #TheBigBook
Heard in the rooms of recovery: When I see in the Big Book "a solitary self-appraisal [is] insufficient", I go "Yeah." 'Cuz I have two brain cells left. One sells shit, and the other one buys it. #SelfAppraisal #TheBigBook #Recovery		 x
2025-01-29 Steps
#12Steps   #WorkTheSteps
Heard in the rooms of recovery: Why be in a 12-Step program if you're not going to work the 12 Steps? #12Steps #WorkTheSteps #Recovery		 x
2025-01-22 Short
#Shortcomings   #ComingUpShort
Heard in the rooms of recovery: "Remove our shortcomings" REMOVE doesn't mean take away. It means MOVE AGAIN. SHORTCOMING doesn't mean sin. It means COME UP SHORT. When we come up short, we have to start moving again. In the right direction. #Shortcomings #ComingUpShort #Recovery
x
2025-01-15 Know
#WhoIAm   #WhoseIAm
Heard in the rooms of recovery: I know who I am AND I know Whose I Am. #WhoIAm #WhoseIAm #Recovery		 x
2025-01-08 Moment
#LiveInTheNow   #LiveInTheMoment
Heard in the rooms of recovery: Living in the past or the future isn't healthy. Live in the moment. #LiveInTheMoment #LiveInTheNow #Recovery		 x
2025-01-01 Change
#Change    #Unchanged
Heard in the rooms of recovery: My God didn't change. I did. #Change #Unchanged #Recovery


Feel free to email me to offer feedback, request a high-reolution image, receive occasional reminders of new entries, or call attention to your own (un)favorites. Not all feedback necessarily appears for this page, and may be edited for links, typos, multi-source redundancy, and relevancy. That doesn't mean, though, that we consider negative feedback irrelevant, edit it for content, or refuse to post it, as negative feedback can often help us learn to do more and better.

email your feedback with MEMES and the entry date as the subject

Switch to Abiding Blog
Switch to Adding Insult

BACK TO HASHTAGS
BACK TO LIST
BACK TO TOP

 

 home          arts          books          greetings          portals          lucki stars          about

  Copyright © 2010, 2013, 2017, 2020, 2024 by Earthstar Works