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Page 6A, The Lee County Ledger, Thursday, January 1, 2004 Helton Graduates From Basic Training Diana Helton, along with her son, James Jr. Quotes “Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly and they use too much vermouth.” - Steve Allen * * * “The English woman is so refined, she has no bosom and no behind.” - Stevie Smith * * * “Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” - H.L. Mencken * * * “There is a journalistic curse of Eve. The woman who writes is always given anti-feminist books to review.” - Rebecca West * * * “How foolish to think that one can slam the door in the face of age. Much wiser to be polite and gracious and ask him to lunch in advance.” - Noel James and Diana Helton, along with their children Aaron, Ashley and Bethany, recently toured the historical Ft. 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Ill* Mail: 5962 Zebulon Road • PMB 367 • Macon, GA 31210 I (800) 470-0014 or (478) 992-9867 the graduation of their son, James Jr. from US Army Basic Combat Training. James Jr. was very successful at Basic Train ing being named the Platoon Guide for his Platoon as well as Named Soldier Leader of the Cycle. He received special honors at the ceremony and was able to meet with the Base General following graduation. Grandparents Bob and Ruth Helton of Newnan. Georgia, and Mary and Bob Zavasnik of Gaston, South Carolina as well as girlfriend Emily Arnold all attended this wonderful event in James’ life. James will move on to Ft. Lee, Virginia where he will go through Advanced Training as a Food Special ist. This is a stepping-stone for James on his journey to becom ing a chef. He will serve for four years in the Army with the goal of attending The Atlanta Institute of Arts Culinary Arts Program when his enlistment is complete. James graduated from LCHS in May 2003. Con gratulation James on a job well done! Good Luck at Ft. Lee. Coward * * * “All a publisher has to do is write checks at intervals, while a lot of deserving and industri ous chappies rally round and do the real work.” - P.G. Wode- house * * * “There ain’t no way to find out why a snorer can’t hear himself snore.” - Mark Twain * * * “Though you would often in the 15th century have heard the snobbish Roman say, in a would-be off-hand tone, ‘I am dining with the Borgias tonight.’ no Roman ever was able to say, ‘I dined last night with the Bor gias’.” - Max Beerbohm * * * “The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.” - Douglas Jerrold James Helton, along with his son, James Jr. Slogans can inspire us all for the New Year There’s a story sometimes told by members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA): A mountain climber stumbles off the edge of a cliff. He manages to break his fall by grabbing a branch on a tree that overlooks the ravine. Hanging for his life, he calls up to heaven. “If there’s anybody up there, help me—please!” A thunderous voice booms from the clouds: “Let go, and I will protect you.” The man pauses for a moment to think. Finally he shouts, “Is there anyone else I can talk to?” For many of us, the prospect of a new year calls forth pious resolutions to change our behav ior. AA offers a program based on the paradox of personal change—that transformation comes only when we let go of our futile efforts to control what we cannot control. Unlike the man hanging from the tree, we can learn to accept direction from outside ourselves. Over the years, AA members have shared many slogans to capture this philosophy of life in a nutshell. These pithy say ings offer direction for people in recovery from addiction—and anyone else who cares to live with serenity. Following are some examples to help you ring in the New Year. “Accept life on life’s terms.” Many of us wish that the people and circumstances in our lives were different. This slogan reminds us to retreat from the world of our personal fantasies and deal with people and things as they are right now. Instead of trying to reform other people and remake the world in our own image, we can focus on changing our own behavior. Life is not changeable, but we are. A related slogan puts it this way: “If you pray for a Porsche and God sends you a jackass, ride it.“ “Live and let live.” Tolerance, a fundamental value in AA, means that we acknowledge our personal shortcomings while letting others have their own. We focus on our similarities with other people rather than resenting our differences. “Progress, not perfection.” Al coholics can be grandiose, hold ing that they must be right at all times. Bill Wilson, cofounder of AA, wrote. “We are all perfec tionists who, failing perfection, have gone to the other extreme and settled for the bottle and the blackout.” A saner alternative is to make one simple change in our attitudes or behavior for today. Over time, small changes create major progress. “This, too, shall pass.” We suffer when we try to seek per manent fulfillment from things that are impermanent. People will pass into and out of our lives, and circumstances change constantly. But this fact also gives us strength. No feeling or experience, however painful, can last forever. Time passes and we move on to heal. “Easy does it... but do it.” People in early recovery sometimes feel frantic about everything they want to do. Unconsciously, they operate with the attitude that they must change everything about their lives —and change it now. This slogan reminds us to calm down and tackle one task at a time. We don’t have to accomplish everything on our to-do list today. “Easy does it” is a slogan in itself, yet AA members like to add “but do it.” The lat ter phrase reminds us that we still have goals to meet and responsibilities to handle. Pac ing ourselves is different than procrastinating. “Let go and let God.” AA is a spiritual, not religious, program that allows people to define their higher power in their own way. G.O.D.. according to another slogan, stands for Good Orderly Direction—a source of guidance that goes beyond our self-centered opinions and selfish desires. “Letting God” means accepting direction from that source, however we person ally define it. “Keep it simple.” AA is some times called a simple program for complex people. This slogan reminds us to remember the basics: Don’t drink. Go to AA meetings. Do the next right thing. Our problems can be solved one step at a time, one day at a time. 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