*~*AACRONYMS*~*
*~*^Just For Today!^*~*
"In something of the same
fashion this idea began to work out with other kinds of prospects. In the
beginning we could not sober up women. They were different, they said. But when
they saw other women get well, they slowly followed suit. The derelict, the rich
man, the socialite, all these once thought A.A. was not for them. So did certain
people of other races and tongues and creeds. But when they clearly saw the
alcoholic tragedy for which they were headed, they could forget their
differences and join A.A."
2001 AAWS, Inc.;
Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pg.
199
"Both you and the new man
must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress. If you persist,
remarkable things will happen."
~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 100~
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
A night
club crowded with men and women all dressed up in evening clothes looks like a
very festive place. But you should see the rest rooms of that night club the
next morning. What a mess! People have been sick all over the place and does it
smell! The glamour of the night before is all gone and only the stink of the
morning after is left. In A.A. we learn to take a long view of drinking instead
of a short view. We learn to think less about the pleasure of the moment and
more about the consequences. Has the night before become less important to me
and the morning after more important
Meditation for the
Day
Only a few more steps and then God's power
shall be seen and known in my life. I am now walking in darkness, surrounded by
the limitations of space and time. But even in this darkness, I can have faith
and can be a light to guide feet that are afraid. I believe that God's power
will break through the darkness and my prayers will pierce even to the ears of
God Himself. But only a cry from the heart, a trusting cry, ever pierces that
darkness and reaches to the divine ear of God.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that the divine power of God will help
my human weakness. I pray that my prayer may reach through the darkness to the
ear of God.
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