~*~A.A.
Thoughts
For
The Day~*~
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Powerless
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"I had no problem admitting I was powerless over
alcohol, and I certainly agreed that my life had become unmanageable.
I had only to reflect on the contrast between the plans I made so many
years ago for my life with what really happened to know I couldn't manage my
life drunk or sober. AA taught me that willingness to believe was
enough for a beginning."
1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p.
550
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Thought
to Consider . . .
Life
didn't end when I got sober ... it started.
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A C T I O N =
Any Change To Improve Our Natures
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For
Today!^*~*
Like the
Effect
from: "The Doctor's
Opinion"
"Men and women drink
essentially because they like the effect produced by alcohol. The sensation is
so elusive that, while they admit it is injurious, they cannot after a time
differentiate the true from the false. To them, their alcoholic life seems the
only normal one. They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless they can
again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a
few drinks - drinks which they see others taking with impunity. After they have
succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving
develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging
remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again. This is repeated over and
over, and unless this person can experience an entire psychic change there is
very little hope of his recovery."
2001, AAWS, Inc.,
Alcoholics Anonymous, pages
xxviii-xxi
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Reflections^*~*
A NOURISHING
INGREDIENT
Where humility had formerly stood for a forced feeding on humble pie, it
now begins to mean the nourishing ingredient which can give us serenity.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p.
74
How often do I focus on my problems and
frustrations? When I am having a "good day" these same problems shrink in
importance and my preoccupation with them dwindles. Wouldn't it be better
if I could find a key to unlock the "magic" of my "good days" for use on the
woes of my "bad days"?
I already have the solution! Instead of trying to
run away from my pain and wish my problems away, I can pray for humility!
Humility will heal the pain. Humility will take me out of myself.
Humility, that strength granted to me by that "power greater than myself," is
mine for the asking! Humility will bring balance back into my life.
Humility will allow me to accept my humanness
joyously.
Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC.
*~*^As
Bill
Sees It^*~*
The Language of the Heart
Why, at this particular point in
history, has God chosen to communicate His healing grace to so many of us? Every
aspect of this global unfoldment can be related to a single crucial word. The
word is communication among ourselves, with the world around us, and with God.
From the beginning, communication in A.A. has been no ordinary transmission of
helpful ideas and attitudes. Because of our kinship in suffering, and because
our common means of deliverance are effective for ourselves only when constantly
carried to others, our channels of contact have always been charged with the
language of the heart.
A.A. TODAY, PP. 7-8
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Book
Quote^*~*
He Sold Himself Short - But
he found that there was a Higher Power which had more faith in him than he had
in himself. Thus, A.A. was born in Chicago. The day before I was due to
go back to Chicago, a Wednesday and Dr. Bob's afternoon off, he had me down to
the office and we spent three or four hours formally going through the Six-Step
program as it was at that time.
The six steps were:
1. Complete
deflation.
2. Dependence and guidance from a Higher Power.
3. Moral Inventory.
4. Confession.
5.
Restitution.
6. Continued work with other alcoholics.
2001, Alcoholics Anonymous, page
266
*~*^Twenty Four
Hours A
Day^*~*
A.A. Thought For The Day
One of the
best things about the A.A. program is the peace of mind and serenity
that it can bring us. In our drinking days, we had no piece off
mind or serenity. We had the exact opposite, a kind of turmoil
and that "quiet desperation" we knew so well. The turmoil of our
drinking days was caused partly by our physical suffering, the terrible
hangovers, the cold sweats, the shakes and the jitters. But it was
caused even more by our mental suffering, the loneliness, the feeling
of inferiority, the lying, the remorse that every
alcoholic understands. Have I achieved more peace of mind?
Meditation For The
Day
Try to look for God's leading in all
your personal relationships, in all your dealings with other persons.
God will help you to take care of all your relationships with people, if you
are willing to let Him guide you. Rejoice that God can protect you and
keep you from temptation and failure. God can protect you in all
situations during the day, if you will rely on His strength and go forward.
You should feel that you are entering upon the stage of success
in the proper way of living. You should not doubt that better
things are ahead for you. Go forward unafraid because you feel
deeply safe under God's protection.
Prayer For The Day
I pray that God may protect
and keep me as long as I try to serve Him. I pray that I may go
forward today unafraid.
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