~*~A.A. Thoughts
For
The Day~*~
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Daybreak
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"On awakening let us think about the twenty-four
hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask
God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from
self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. Under these conditions we
can employ our mental faculties with assurance, for after all God gave us brains
to use. Our thought-life
will be placed on a much higher
plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives."
1976AAWS, Alcoholics
Anonymous, p. 86
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Thought to Consider . . .
At first, I thought the "God thing" was a crutch.
Turns out to be stilts.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
A S A P =
Always Say A Prayer
*~*^Just
For
Today!^*~*
Friendship and
Respect
From: "Another Chance"
Since I have been
in A.A., I have more friends than I ever had in my life - friends who care about
me and my welfare, friends who don't care that I am black and that I have been
in prison. All they care about is that I am a human being and that I want to stay sober. Since I've been home, I have
been able to gain the respect of my two sons again.
2001, AAWS, Inc., Alcoholics Anonymous, page
534
*~*^Daily
Reflections^*~*
GIVING BACK
. . . he has struck something better than gold . . . He may
not see at once that he has barely scratched a limitless lode which will
pay dividends only if he mines it for the rest of his life and insists on giving
away the entire product.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 129
My part of the Seventh Tradition
means so much more than just giving money to pay for the coffee. It means being
accepted for myself by belonging to a group. For the first time I can be
responsible, because I have a choice. I can learn the principles of
working out problems in my daily life by getting involved in the "business" of
A.A. By being self-supporting, I can give back to A.A. what A.A.
gave to me! Giving back to A.A. not only ensures my own sobriety, but
allows me to buy insurance that A.A. will be here for my
grandchildren.
Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC.
*~*^As
Bill
Sees
It^*~*
Reaching for Humility
We saw we needn't always be
bludgeoned and beaten into humility. It could come quite as much from our
voluntary reaching for it as it could from unremitting suffering.
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"We first reach for a little humility,
knowing that we shall perish of alcoholism if we do not. After a time,
though we may still rebel somewhat, we commence to practice humility because
this is the right thing to do. Then comes the day when, finally freed in large
degree from rebellion, we practice humility because we deeply want it as a way
of life."
1. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 75 - 2. LETTER, 1966
*~*^Big
Book
Quote^*~*
"...I
humbly offered myself to God, as I then I understood Him, to do with me as He
would. I placed myself unreservedly under His care and direction. I admitted
for the first time that of myself I was nothing; that without Him I was lost.
I ruthlessly faced my sins and became willing to have my new-found Friend
take them away, root and branch."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Bill's Story, pg.
13~
*~*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*~*
AA Thought for the Day
The other day we should not
worry about is tomorrow, with its possible adversities, its burdens, its
large promise, and perhaps its poor performance. Tomorrow is also beyond
our immediate control. Tomorrow's sun will rise, either in splendor or
behind a mask of clouds, but it will rise. Until it does, we have no stake
in tomorrow, for it is as yet unborn. Do I still worry too much about
tomorrow?
Meditation for the Day
"Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen." Faith is not seeing, but believing. Down
through the ages, there have always been those who obeyed the heavenly
vision, not seeing but believing in God. And their faith was rewarded. So
shall it be to you. Good things will happen to you. You cannot see God, but
you can see the results of faith in human lives, changing them from
defeat to victory. God's grace is available to all who have faith-not
seeing, but believing. With faith, life can be victorious and happy.
Prayer for the
Day
I pray that I may have faith enough to believe
without seeing. I pray that I may be content with the results of my
faith.
Hazelden
Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012