Thoughts For The Day~*~Unity ^*^*^ September 4
Transitions Daily
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Thoughts
For
The Day~*~
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Unity
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"Moved by the spirit of anonymity, we
try to give up our natural desires for personal distinction as AA members
both among fellow alcoholics and before the general public. As we lay
aside these very human aspirations, we believe that each of us takes part
in the weaving of a protective mantle which covers our whole Society and
under which we may grow and work in unity. We are sure that humility,
expressed by anonymity, is the greatest safeguard that Alcoholics
Anonymous can ever have."
1952AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p.
187
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Thought
to Consider . . .
To help
each other, is to help ourselves.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
A A's - R
- U S =
Alcoholics Anonymous Recovery Unity Service
*~*^Just
For
Today!^*~*
Another caution: Tying our sobriety to someone we are emotionally involved with proves flatly disastrous. "I'll stay sober if so-and-so does this or that" puts an unhealthy condition on our recovery. We have to stay sober for ourselves, no matter what other people do or fail to do.
We should remember, too, that intense dislike also is an emotional
entanglement, often a reversal of past love. We need to cool any
overboard feeling, lest it flip us back into the drink.
1998, AAWS, Inc., Living Sober, pages
61-62
*~*^Daily
Reflections^*~*
RECONSTRUCTION
Yes, there is a long period of
reconstruction ahead . . .
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS , p.
83
The reconstruction of my life is the prime goal in my recovery as
I avoid taking that first drink, one day at a time. The task is most
successfully accomplished by working the Steps of our Fellowship. The
spiritual life is not a theory; it works, but I have to live it. Step Two
started me on my journey to develop a spiritual life; Step Nine allows me to
move into the final phase of the initial Steps which taught me how to live a
spiritual life. Without the guidance and strength of a Higher Power, it
would be impossible to proceed through the various stages of
reconstruction. I realize that God works for me and through me.
Proof comes to me when I realize that God did for me what I could not do for
myself, by removing that gnawing compulsion to drink. I must continue
daily to seek God's guidance. He grants me a daily reprieve and will
provide the power I need for reconstruction.
Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
WORLD SERVICES, INC.
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Bill
Sees
It^*~*
Have You Experimented?
"Since open-mindedness and experimentation are supposed to be the
indispensable attributes of our 'scientific' civilization, it seems strange
that so many scientists are reluctant to try out personally the hypothesis
that God came first and man afterward. They prefer to believe that man is the
chance product of evolution; that God, the Creator, does not exist. "I can only
report that I have experimented with both concepts and that, in my case, the God
concept has proved to be a better basis for living than the man-centered one.
"Nevertheless, I would be the first to defend your right to think as you
will. I simply ask this question: 'in your own life, have you ever really
tried to think and act as though there might be a God? Have you
experimented?'"
LETTER, 1950
*~*^Big
Book
Quote^*~*
"I knew from that moment that I had
an alcoholic mind. I saw that will power and self-knowledge would not help in
those strange mental blank spots. I had never been able to understand people who
said that a problem had them hopelessly defeated. I knew then. It was a crushing
blow."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th
Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 42~
*~*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
"We must be careful never to show intolerance or hatred of
drinking as an institution. Experience shows that such an attitude is not
helpful to anyone. We are not fanatics or intolerant of people who can
drink normally. Prospects are relieved when they find we are not witch
burners. Temperate drinking is okay, but we alcoholics can't get away with
it. And no alcoholic likes to be told about alcohol by anyone who hates it.
We shall be of little use if our attitude is one of bitterness or
hostility." Do I have tolerance for those who can drink normally?
Meditation for the Day
Do
not become encumbered by petty annoyances. Never respond to emotional upsets
by emotional upset. Try to keep calm in all circumstances. Try not to fight
back. Call on the grace of God to calm you when you feel like retaliating.
Look to God for the inner strength to drop those resentments that drag you
down. if you are burdened by annoyances, you will lose your inward peace
and the spirit of God will be shut out. Try to keep peaceful within.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may do the things that make for peace. I pray that I
may have a mission of conciliation.
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