COMMITMENT

Definition of Commitment:
The state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.

Synonyms of Commitment:
Dedication, allegiance, loyalty, faithfulness, fidelity, bond, adherence, attentiveness, etc.

These inspirational notes are from recovery in AA and related 12 step programs.
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Love in fellowship.

Commitment: If your energy is as boundless as your ambition, total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously consider. –Joyce Brothers | More…

Commitment: Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, ‘This is the real me,’ and when you have found that attitude, follow it. — William James | More…

This recovery program taught me “one day at a time”
It taught me to put one foot in front of the other

That for one day I could do what I couldn’t do, or even fathom doing, for a lifetime.
This is how I found abstinence.

Breaking up my days, weeks, months and years into 24-hour periods allows me to live in the now. And not feel swallowed up in thinking that I have to do this for the rest of my life. One Day At A Time | More…

Success comes with commitment. We cannot maintain abstinence, or a marriage, or a profession, or anything else without being committed to it.

Genuine commitment is the attitude required of us if we are to benefit from AA. The program is not something we pick up and put down when we feel like it.

If abstinence is not the most important thing in our lives, we will not be able to maintain it. The physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits, which come to us every day as we abstain and work the Twelve Steps, are what nourish us.–Food For Thought | More…

The program is not something we pick up and put down according to whim. Abstinence is not a diet that we go on and off as it pleases us. Now we are desperate because we know that there is no other way for us. When we are firmly committed to the Twelve Steps and the principles, we are able to apply them to all aspects of our daily lives with astonishing results. –Food For Thought | More…

We don’t want to start the demolition of our spirits again after all the work we’ve put into their restoration. It’s essential that we stand for something, or we risk falling for anything. Whatever we find important to us, we honor. –Just For Today | More…