*~*^Just
For
Today!^*~*
Ready
Step One: We admitted we
were powerless over alcohol -- that our lives had become
unmanageable.
"Under the lash of alcoholism, we are driven to A.A., and there
we discover the fatal nature of our situation. Then, and only then, do we become
as open-minded to conviction and as willing to listen as the dying can be. We
stand ready to do anything which will lift the merciless obsessions from
us."
1952, AAWS, Inc.; Printed
2005
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pg.
24
*^Daily
Reflections^*
THE JOY OF SHARING
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. We know you will not want to miss it. Frequent
contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our lives.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.
89
To know that each newcomer with whom I share
has the opportunity to experience the relief that I have found in this
Fellowship fills me with joy and gratitude. I feel that all the things
described in A.A. will come to pass for them, as they have for me, if they seize
the opportunity and embrace the program fully.
Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC. *~*^As
Bill
Sees
It^*~*
Gratitude Should Go Forward
"Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward. "In other words,
if you carry the message to still others, you will be making the best possible
repayment for the help given to you."
<<< >>>
No
satisfaction has been deeper and no joy greater than in a Twelfth Step job well
done. To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from
darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and
meaning, and above all to watch them awaken to the presence of a loving God in
their lives - these things are the substance of what we receive as we carry
A.A.'s message.
1. LETTER, 1959
2. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p.
110
*~*^Big
Book
Quote^*~*
"Suppose we
fall short of the chosen ideal and stumble? Does this mean we are
going to get drunk. Some people tell us so. But this is only a half-truth.
It depends on us and on our motives."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
How It Works, Page
70
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
What a load wasting
money puts on your shoulders! They say that members of A.A. have paid the highest initiation fee of any club members in
the world, because we've wasted so much money on liquor. We'll never be able to
figure out how much it was. We not only wasted our own money, but also the money
we should have spent on our families. When you come into A.A., that terrible
load of wasted money falls off your shoulders. We alcoholics were getting round
shouldered from carrying all those loads that drinking put on our shoulders. But
when we come into A.A., we get a wonderful feeling of release and freedom. Can I
throw back my shoulders and look the whole world in the face again?
Meditation for the Day
I believe that the future is in the hands of God.
He knows better than I what the future holds for me. I am not at the mercy of
fate or buffeted about by life. I am being led in a very definite way, as I try
to rebuild my life. I am the builder, but God is the architect. It is mine to
build as best I can, under His guidance.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may depend on God, since He has
planned my life. I pray that I may live my life as I believe God wants me to
live it.
Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN
55012
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