Thoughts For The Day~*~Sponsors ^*^*^ January 7

[Transitions Daily]

*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*

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Sponsors

Every sponsor is necessarily a leader. 

The stakes are huge. 

A human life, and usually the happiness of a whole  family, 

hangs in the balance. 

What the sponsor does and says, 

how well he estimates the reactions of his  prospects, 

how well he times and makes his presentation, 

how well he handles criticisms, 

and how well he leads  his prospect on 

by personal spiritual example... 

well, these attributes of leadership 

can make all the difference, 

often the difference between life and death. 

Thank God that Alcoholics Anonymous is blessed 

with so  much leadership in each and all of its great affairs!

Bill W., April 1959

c. 1988 AA Grapevine, The Language of the Heart,  p. 292 

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Thought to Consider . . . 

A recovering alcoholic without a sponsor 

is much like a ship without a rudder.

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S P O N S O R  = 

Sober Person Offering Newcomer Support Of Recovery

*~*^Just For Today!^*~*

Eternal

From "More About Alcoholism":

"Most of us have believed that if we remained sober for a long stretch, we could thereafter drink normally. But here is a man who at fifty-five years found he was just where he had left off at thirty. We have seen the truth demonstrated again and again: 'Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic.'"

2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 33

*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*

AT THE TURNING POINT

Half measures availed us nothing.  We stood at the turning point.  We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. 

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.  59 

Every day I stand at turning points.  My thoughts and actions can propel me toward growth or turn me down the road to old habits and to booze.  Sometimes turning points are beginnings, as when I decide to start praising, instead of condemning someone.  Or when I begin to ask for help instead of going it alone.  At other times turning points are endings, such as when I see clearly the need to stop festering resentments or crippling self-seeking.  Many shortcomings tempt me daily; therefore, I also have daily opportunities to become aware of them.  In one form or another, many of my character defects appear daily: self-condemnation, anger, running away, being prideful, wanting to get even, or acting out of grandiosity. 

Attempting half measures to eliminate these defects merely paralyzes my efforts to change.  It is only when I ask God for help, with complete abandon, that I become willing -- and able -- to change. 

Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.

*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*

The Realm of the Spirit

In ancient times material progress was painfully slow. The spirit of modern scientific inquiry, research, and invention was almost unknown. 

In the realm of the material, men's minds were lettered  by superstition, tradition, and all sorts of fixed ideas. Some of the contemporaries of Columbus  thought a round earth preposterous. Others came near putting Galileo to death for his astronomical  heresies. 

Are not some of us just as biased and unreasonable about the realm of the spirit as were the  ancients about the realm of the material?

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We have found that God does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him. To us, the realm of  spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive, never exclusive or forbidding to those who earnestly seek. It is  open, we believe, to all men. 

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS - 1. p. 51 - 2. p. 46 

*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*

"When you discover a prospect for Alcoholics Anonymous, find out all 

you can about him. If he does not want to stop drinking, don't 

waste time trying to persuade him. You may spoil a later opportunity."

Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 90

*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*

A.A. Thought for the Day

When temptation comes, as it does sometimes to all of us, I will say to myself.- "No, my whole life depends on not taking that drink and nothing in the world can make me do it." Besides, I have promised that Higher Power that I wouldn't do it. I know that God doesn't want me to drink and I won't break my promise to, God. I've given up my right to drink and it's not my decision any longer. Have I made the choice once and for all, so that there's no going back on it? 

Meditation for the Day

In silence comes God's meaning to the heart. I cannot judge when it enters the heart. I can only judge by results. Gods word is spoken to the secret places of my heart and, in some hour of temptation, I find that word and realize its value for the first time. when I need it, I find it there. "Thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly." 

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may see God's meaning in my life. I pray that I may gladly accept what God has to teach me.

Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012

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