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/*
Random Quote and Image display functions by Eddie Boyd <eddie@saltire.co.uk>
August 2004
*/
function random_quote(){
var strings=new Array()
strings[0] = '"There is scarcely any form of trouble and misery which has not been overcome among us."  &nbsp; p.15';
strings[1] = '"Most of us feel we need look no further for Utopia.  We have it with us right here and now."&nbsp;p.16';
strings[2] = '"The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution.  We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action."&nbsp;p.17';
strings[3] = '"...there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured-these are the conditions we have found most effective."&nbsp;p.18';
strings[4] = '"We feel that elimination of our drinking is but a beginning.  A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations and affairs."&nbsp;p.18';
strings[5] = '"Most of us sense that real tolerance of other people\'s shortcomings and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions are attitudes which make us more useful to others."&nbsp;p.19';
strings[6] = '"Ideas, emotions, and attitudes which were once the guiding forces of the lives of these men are suddenly cast to one side, and a completely new set of conceptions and motives begin to dominate them." Dr. Jung&nbsp;p.27';
strings[7] = '"We think it no concern of ours what religious bodies our members identify themselves with as individuals.  This should be an entirely personal affair which each one decides for himself in the light of past associations, or his present choice."&nbsp;p.28';
strings[8] = '"We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics.  This is the first step in recovery."&nbsp;p.30';
strings[9] = '"We have seen the truth demonstrated again and again: \'Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic.\'  Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever."&nbsp;p.33';
strings[10] = '"...the actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge."&nbsp;p.39';
strings[11] = '"If a mere code of morals or a better philosophy of life were sufficient to overcome alcoholism, many of us would have recovered long ago."&nbsp;p.44';
strings[12] = '"Lack of power, that was our dilemma.  We had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves.  Obviously.  But where and how were we to find this Power?  Well, that\'s exactly what this book is about."&nbsp;p.45';
strings[13] = '"Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you."&nbsp;p.47';
strings[14] = '"Faced with alcoholic destruction, we soon became as open minded on spiritual matters as we had tried to be on other questions. In this respect, alcohol was the great persuader.  It finally beat us into a state of reasonableness."&nbsp;p.48';
strings[15] = '"The first requirement is that we be convinced that any life run on self-will can hardly be a success.  On that basis we are almost always in collision with something or somebody, even though our motives are good."&nbsp;p.60';
strings[16] = '"Selfishness--self-centeredness!  That, we think, is the root of our troubles.  Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate." &nbsp;  p.62';
strings[17] = '"When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically."&nbsp;p.64';
strings[18] = '"The inventory was ours, not the other man\'s.  When we saw our faults we listed them.  We placed them before us in black and white."  &nbsp; p.67';
strings[19] = '"Time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts about their lives.  Trying to avoid this humbling experience, they have turned to easier methods.  Almost invariably they got drunk."&nbsp;p.72';
strings[20] = '"We must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or happily in this world.  Rightly and naturally, we think well before we choose the person or persons with whom to take this intimate and confidential step."&nbsp;p.74';
strings[21] = '"We pocket our pride and go to it, illuminating every twist of character, every dark cranny of the past.  Once we have taken this step, withholding nothing, we are delighted.  We can look the world in the eye.  We can be alone at perfect peace and ease."&nbsp;p.75';
strings[22] = '"The spiritual life is not a theory.  We have to live it."&nbsp;p.83';
strings[23] = '"We have entered the world of the Spirit.  Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness.  This is not an overnight matter.  It should continue for our lifetime."&nbsp;p.84';
strings[24] = '"We are not cured of alcoholism.  What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition."&nbsp;p.85';
strings[25] = '"...we must be careful not to drift into worry, remorse or morbid reflection, for that would diminish our usefulness to others."&nbsp;p.86';
strings[26] = '"Nevertheless, we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration.  We come to rely on it."&nbsp;p.87';
strings[27] = '"As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action."&nbsp;p.87';
strings[28] = '"practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics.  It works when other activities fail."&nbsp;p.89';
strings[29] = '"Life will take on new meaning.  To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends-this is an experience you must not miss."&nbsp;p.89';
strings[30] = '"After all, our problems were of our own making.  Bottles were only a symbol.  Besides, we have stopped fighting anybody or anything. We have to!"&nbsp;p.103';
strings[31] = '"Cessation of drinking is but the first step away from a highly strained, abnormal condition."&nbsp;p.122';
strings[32] = '"We grow by our willingness to face and rectify errors and convert them into assets."&nbsp;p.124';
strings[33] = '"We do talk about each other a great deal, but we almost invariably temper such talk by a spirit of love and tolerance."&nbsp;p.125';
strings[34] = '"We alcoholics are sensitive people.  It takes some of us a long time to outgrow that serious handicap."&nbsp;p.125';
strings[35] = '"Although financial recovery is on the way for many of us, we found we could not place money first.  For us, material well-being always followed spiritual progress; it never preceded."&nbsp;p.127';
strings[36] = '"Since the home has suffered more than anything else, it is well that a man exert himself there.  He is not likely to get far in any direction if he fails to show unselfishness and love under his own roof."&nbsp;p.127';
strings[37] = '"...we aren\'t a glum lot.  If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence, they wouldn\'t want it. We absolutely insist on enjoying life."&nbsp;p.132';
strings[38] = '"...why shouldn\'t we laugh?  We have recovered, and have been given the power to help others."&nbsp;p.132';
strings[39] = '"We have three little mottoes which are apropos.  Here they are:  First Things First; Live and Let Live; Easy Does It. "&nbsp;p.135';
strings[40] = '"As we became subjects of King Alcohol, shivering denizens of his mad realm, the chilling vapor that is loneliness settled down.  It thickened, ever becoming blacker."&nbsp;p.151';
strings[41] = '"The most satisfactory years of your existence lie ahead."&nbsp;p.151';
strings[42] = '"No one is too discredited or has sunk too low to be welcomed cordially-if he means business.  Social distinctions, petty rivalries and jealousies-these are laughed out of countenance."&nbsp;p.161';
strings[43] = '"Sometimes there are cases where alcoholism is complicated by other disorders.  A good doctor or psychiatrist can tell you whether these complications are serious."&nbsp;p.114';
strings[44] = '"The greatest enemies of us alcoholics are resentment, jealousy, envy, frustration, and fear."&nbsp;p.145';
strings[45] = '"With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves."&nbsp;p.569-570';
strings[46] = '"Assuming we are spiritually fit, we can do all sorts of things alcoholics are not supposed to do."&nbsp;p.100';
strings[47] = '"We are unable, at certain times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago. We are without defense against the first drink."&nbsp;p.24 ';
strings[48] = '"We reviewed our fears thoroughly. We put them on paper, even though we had no resentment in connection with them. We asked ourselves why we had them. Wasn\'t it because self-reliance failed us?"&nbsp;p.68 ';
strings[49] = 'Most of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows.&nbsp;p.30 ';
strings[50] = '"Helping others is the foundation stone of your recovery. A kindly act once in a while isn\'t enough."&nbsp;p.97';
strings[51] = '"At a certain point in the drinking of every alcoholic, he passes into a state where the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of absolutely no avail. This tragic situation has already arrived in practically every case long before it is suspected."&nbsp;p.24 ';
strings[52] = '"When, therefore, we speak to you of God, we mean your own conception of God."&nbsp;p.47 ';
strings[53] = '"Here are thousands of men and women, worldly indeed. They flatly declare that since they have come to believe in a Power greater than themselves, to take a certain attitude toward that Power, and to do certain simple things, there has been a revolutionary change in their way of living and thinking."&nbsp;p.50 ';
strings[54] = '"For the type of alcoholic who is able and willing to get well, little charity, in the ordinary sense of the word, is needed or wanted. The men who cry for money and shelter before conquering alcohol, are on the wrong track."&nbsp;pp.97-98';
strings[55] = '"While you were drinking, you were withdrawing from life little by little. Now you are getting back into the social life of this world. Don\'t start to withdraw again just because your friends drink liquor."&nbsp;p.102';
strings[56] = '"For faith in a Power greater than ourselves, and miraculous demonstrations of that power in human lives, are facts as old as man himself."&nbsp;p.55';
strings[57] = '"If we were to live, we had to be free of anger."&nbsp;p.66';
strings[58] = '"The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us. They may be the dubious luxury of normal men, but for alcoholics these things are poison."&nbsp;p.66';
strings[59] = '"We do not like to pronounce any individual as alcoholic, but you can quickly diagnose yourself."&nbsp;p.31';	
	// End Strings
var ry=Math.floor(Math.random()*strings.length)
if (ry==0)
ry=1
document.write(strings[ry])
}

function random_imglink(){
var myimages=new Array()
//specify random images below. You can have as many as you wish
myimages[1]="/slogans/but.gif"
myimages[2]="/slogans/easy.gif"
myimages[3]="/slogans/first.gif"
myimages[4]="/slogans/think.gif"
myimages[5]="/slogans/live.gif"
//specify corresponding links below
var ry=Math.floor(Math.random()*myimages.length)
if (ry==0)
ry=1
document.write('<img src='+'"'+myimages[ry]+'"'+' border=1>')
}

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