~*~A.A.
Thoughts For
The Day~*~
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Touchy
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"Many of us have been so touchy that even casual
reference to spiritual things make us bristle with antagonism. This sort
of thinking had to be abandoned. Though some of us resisted, we found no
great difficulty in casting aside such feelings. Faced with alcoholic
destruction, we soon became as open minded on spiritual matters as we
had tried to be on other questions. In this respect alcohol was a great
persuader. It finally beat us into a state of reasonableness. Sometimes
this was a tedious process; we hope no one else will prejudiced for as long
as some of us were."
c.1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous,
p. 48
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Thought to Consider . . .
The solution is simple.
The solution is
spiritual.
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A A = Altered
Attitudes
"There came next to the lectern [at the 1955 Convention] a figure
that not many A.A.'s had seen before, the Episcopal clergyman Sam Shoemaker. It
was from him that Dr. Bob and I [Bill W.] in the beginning had absorbed most of
the principles that were afterward embodied in the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics
Anonymous, steps that express the heart of A.A.'s way of life. Dr. Silkworth
gave us the needed knowledge of our illness, but Sam Shoemaker had given us the
concrete knowledge of what we could do about it. One showed us the mysteries of
the lock that held us in prison; the other passed on the spiritual keys by which
we were liberated."
2001 AAWS, Inc.; Alcoholics
Anonymous Comes of Age, pgs. 38-39
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Bill
Sees
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"It is evident that the harmony, security, and future effectiveness
of A.A. will depend largely upon our maintenance of a thoroughly
nonaggressive and pacific attitude in all our public relations... Even
though we are now sober, the old patterns of behavior are to a degree still
with us, always threatening to explode on any good excuse. But we
KNOW this, and therefore I feel confident that in the conduct of our
public affairs we shall always find the grace to exert an effective
restraint." -- Bill W.
c. 1962, Twelve Concepts for World
Service,page 68
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Book
Quote^*~*
"Doubtless
you are curious to discover how and why, in the face of expert opinion to the
contrary, we have recovered from a hopeless condition of mind and body. If
you are an alcoholic who wants to get over it, you may already be asking What
do I have to do?"
It is the purpose of this book to answer such questions
specifically. We shall tell you what we have
done.
~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, Page
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Four
Hours
A Day^*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
Have I got
over most of my sensitiveness, my feelings that are too easily hurt, and my just
plain laziness and self-satisfaction? Am I willing to go all out for A.A. at no
matter what cost to my precious self. Is my own comfort more important to me
than doing the things that need to be done? Have I got to the point where what
happens to me is not so important? Can I face up to things that are embarrassing
or uncomfortable if they are the right things to do for the good of A.A.? Have I
given A.A. just a small piece of myself. Am I willing to give all of myself
whenever necessary?
Meditation for the Day
Not until
you have failed can you learn true humility. Humility arises from a deep sense
of gratitude to God for giving you the strength to rise above past failures.
Humility is not inconsistent with self respect. The true person has self-respect
and the respect of others and yet is humble. The humble person is tolerant of
others' failings, and does not have a critical attitude toward the foibles of
others. Humble people are hard on themselves and easy on others.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may be truly humble and yet have self
respect. I pray that I may see the good in myself as we'll as the
bad.
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