~*~A.A.
Thoughts
For
The Day~*~
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A New Life
"Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual
awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; If more gifts are to be
received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by
bit we can discard the old life -- the one that did not work -- for a new
life that can and does work under any conditions
whatever."
Bill W., Grapevine, December 1957
c. 1967AAWS,
As Bill Sees It, p. 8
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Thought
to Consider . . .
Action
conquers fear.
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A B C = Acceptance, Belief,
Change
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For
Today!^*~*
"At the end of 1941, when the group secretaries made their reports, we found that the membership had jumped to 8,000, an increase of 6,000 over 1940. We had begun to reach into Canada and into foreign lands. Everywhere we were growing rapidly. In many ways 1941 can be reckoned as the most exciting year in our history.
"The pins on our office wall
map showed scores of new groups springing up every
week."
2001 AAWS, Inc.; Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pg.
192
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Bill
Sees
It^*~*
Random Quote - Singlehanded
Combat
Few indeed are those who, assailed by the tyrant
alcohol, have ever won through in singlehanded combat. It is a statistical fact
that alcoholics almost never recover on their personal resources
alone.
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'Way up toward Point Barrow in Alaska, a couple of
prospectors got themselves a cabin and a case of Scotch. The weather turned
bitter, fifty below, and they got so drunk they let the fire go out. Barely
escaping death by freezing, one of them woke up in time to rekindle the fire. He
was prowling around outside for fuel, and he looked into an empty oil drum
filled with frozen water. Down in the ice cake he saw a reddish-yellow object.
When thawed out, it was seen to be an A.A. book. One of the pair read the book
and sobered up. Legend has it that he became the founder of one of our farthest
north groups.
1. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 22 - 2. A.A. COMES OF AGE,
pp. 82-83
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Book
Quote^*~*
In this book you read again and again that faith did for
us what we could not do for ourselves. We hope you are convinced now that God
can remove whatever self-will has blocked you off from Him. If you
have already made a decision, and an inventory of your grosser
handicaps, you have made a good beginning. That being so you have swallowed
and digested some big chunks of truth about
yourself."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg.
70~
*~*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
People who have had a slip
are ashamed of themselves-sometimes so ashamed that they fear to go back to A.A.
They develop the old inferiority complex and tell themselves that they are no
good, that they have let down their friends in A.A., that they are hopeless, and
that they can never make it. This state of mind is perhaps worse than it was
originally. They have probably been somewhat weakened by their slip. But their
A.A. training cannot ever be entirely lost. They always know they can go back if
they want to. They know there is still God's help for them if they will again
ask for it. Do I believe that I can never entirely lose what I have learned in
A.A.?
Meditation for the
Day
Nobody entirely escapes temptation. You must
expect it and be ready for it when it comes. None of us is entirely safe. You
must try to keep your defenses up by daily thought and prayer. That is why we
have these daily meditations. You must be able to recognize temptation when it
comes. The first step toward conquering temptation always is to see it clearly
as temptation and not to harbor it in your mind. Dissociate yourself from it,
put it out of your mind as soon as it appears. Do not think of excuses for
yielding to it. Turn at once to the Higher Power for help.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may be prepared for whatever
temptation may come to me. I pray that I may see it clearly and avoid it with
the help of God.
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