~*~A.A.
Thoughts
For The Day~*~
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Freedom
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"Looking
back we see that our freedom to choose badly was not, after all, a very real
freedom. When we chose because we 'must,' this was not a free choice
either. But it got us started in the right direction. When we chose
because we 'ought to' we were really doing better. This time we were
earning some freedom, making ourselves ready for more. But when, now and
then, we could gladly make right choices without rebellion, holdout, or
conflict, then we had our first view of what perfect freedom under God's
will could be like."
Bill W., May 1960
1988AAGrapevine, The Language of the Heart, p. 302
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Thought to Consider . . .
Within our wonderful new world, we have found
freedom from our fatal obsession.
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F I N E =
Free, Independent, New and Energetic
*~*^Just
For
Today!^*~*
Acceptance
From
"Happiness":
"Accept the things you cannot
change. So simple. If the problem cannot be solved today why, simply drop
it. I grant that this is not always easy; it takes self-discipline, a faculty
infrequently found in newly sober alcoholics. " New Hartford, New York,
USA"
1973 AAWS, Inc.; Came to
Believe, 30th printing 2004, pg. 111
*~*^Daily
Reflections^*~*
A NATURAL FAITH
. . . deep down
in every man, woman and child, is the fundamental idea of God. It may be
obscured by calamity, by pomp, by worship of other things, but in some form or
other it is there. For faith in a Power greater than ourselves, and miraculous
demonstrations of that power in human lives, are facts as old as man
himself.
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS, p. 55
I
have seen the workings of the unseen God in A.A. rooms around the country.
Miracles of recovery are everywhere in evidence. I now believe that God is in
these rooms and in my heart. Today faith is as natural to me, a former agnostic,
as breathing, eating and sleeping. The Twelve Steps have helped to change my
life in many ways, but none is more effective than the acquisition of a Higher
Power.
Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC.
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Bill Sees
It^*~*
Boomerang
When
I was ten, I was tall and gawky, and smaller kids could push me around in
quarrels. I remember being very depressed for a year or more, and then I began
to develop a fierce resolve to win. One day, my grandfather came along with
a book about Australia and told me, "This book says that nobody but an
Australian bushman knows how to make and throw the boomerang." "Here's my
chance," I thought. "I will be the first man in America to make and throw a
boomerang." Well, any kid could have had a notion like that. It might have
lasted two days or two weeks. But mine was a power drive that kept on for six
months, till I made a boomerang that swung around the church yard in front of
the house and almost hit my grandfather in the head when it came back.
Emotionally, I had begun the fashioning of another sort of boomerang, one
that almost killed me later on.
A.A. comes of age, P. 53
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Big
Book
Quote
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"Sometimes we hear an alcoholic say that the only thing he needs to do
is to keep sober. Certainly he must keep sober, for there will be no home if
he doesn't. But he is yet a long way from making good to the wife or parents
whom for years he has so shockingly treated."
~Alcoholics Anonymous,
4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 82~
*~*^Twenty
Four Hours A
Day^*~*
A.A. Thought For The Day
In Alcoholics Anonymous there
is no thought of individual profit. No greed or gain. No
membership fees, no dues. Only voluntary contributions of our money
and ourselves. All that we hope for is sobriety and regeneration, so
that we can live normal, respectable lives and can be recognized by
others as men and women willing to do unto others as we would be done by.
These things we accomplish by the help of each other, by following the
twelve steps and by the grace of God. Am I willing to work for A.A.
without material gain to myself?
Meditation For The
Day
What is sometimes called by religion
as conversion is often only the discovery of God as a friend in need.
What is sometimes called religion is often only the experiencing of
the help and strength of God's power in our lives. What is
sometimes called holiness is often only the invitation of God to be our
Friend. As God becomes your friend, you become a friend of others.
We experience true human friendship and from this experience we can
imagine what kind of Great Friend God can be. We believe Him to be a
tireless, selfless, all conquering, miracle-working Friend. We
can reach out to the Great Friend and figuratively take His hand in ours.
Prayer For The
Day
I pray that I may think of God as a Great
Friend in need. I pray that I may go along with
Him.
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