~A.A. Thoughts
For
The Day~
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Earnestness
"An alcoholic in his cups is an unlovely creature. Our
struggles with them are variously strenuous, comic, and tragic. One poor
chap committed suicide in my home. He could not, or would not, see our way of
life. There is, however, a vast amount of fun about it all. I suppose some
would be shocked at our seeming worldliness and levity. But just
underneath there is deadly earnestness. Faith has to work twenty-four
hours a day in and through us, or we
perish."
Bill W., Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 92
Thought to Consider....
Laughter is
the sound effect of recovery.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
DEAD
Drinking
Ends All
Dreams
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For
Today!^*~*
Message
From "The Three Legacies of
Alcoholics Anonymous":
"Three blocks away from the main office we have a
good-sized loft space where all shipping and mailing is done. This activity now
runs into tons of material a month. Six busy lads spend full time at it. Last
year they shipped about 40,000 books and hundreds of thousands of pamphlets,
many of them newly designed and edited largely through the work of Ralph, our
consultant on pamphlet literature. They mailed about 30,000 letters and
bulletins and did huge quantities of mimeographing. [c.
1959]"
2001 AAWS, Inc.
Alcoholics
Anonymous Comes of Age, pg. 207
*^Daily
Reflections^*
GROWING UP
The essence of all growth is a
willingness to change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to
shoulder whatever responsibility this entails.
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 115
Sometimes when I've become willing to do what I should have been
doing all along, I want praise and recognition. I don't realize that the
more I'm willing to act differently, the more exciting my life is. The
more I am willing to help others, the more rewards I receive. That's what
practicing the principles means to me. Fun and benefits for me are in the
willingness to do the actions, not to get immediate results. Being a
little kinder, a little slower to anger, a little more loving makes my life
better day by day.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC.
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Bill
Sees
It^*~*
The Forgotten Mountain
When I was a child, I acquired some of the traits
that had a lot to do with my insatiable craving for alcohol. I was brought up in
a little town in Vermont, under the shadow of Mount Aeolus. An early
recollection is that of looking up at this vast and mysterious mountain,
wondering what it meant and whether I could ever climb that high. But I was
presently distracted by my aunt who, as a fourth-birthday present, made me a
plate of fudge. For the next thirty-five years I pursued the fudge of life and
quite forgot about the mountain.
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When
self-indulgence is less than ruinous, we have a milder word for it. We call it
"taking our comfort."
1. A.A. COMES OF AGE, PP. 52-53
2. TWELVE AND
TWELVE, P. 67
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Book
Quote^*~*
"Thus was I convinced that God is concerned with us humans when we
want Him enough. At long last I saw, I felt, I believed. Scales of pride
and prejudice fell from my eyes. A new world came into
view."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition,
Bill's Story, pg. 12~
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
When I came into A.A., I came
into a new world. A sober world. A world of sobriety, peace, serenity, and
happiness. But I know that if I take just one drink, I'll go right back into
that old world. That alcoholic world. That world of drunkenness, conflict, and
misery. That alcoholic world is not a pleasant place for an alcoholic to live
in. Looking at the world through the bottom of a whiskey glass is no fun after
you've become an alcoholic. Do I want to go back to that alcoholic world?
Meditation for the Day
Pride stands sentinel at the door of
the heart and shuts out the love of God. God can only dwell with the humble and
the obedient. Obedience to God's will is the key unlocking the door to God's
kingdom. You cannot obey God to the best of your ability without in time
realizing God's love and responding to that love. The rough stone steps of
obedience lead up to where the mosaic floor of love and joy is laid. Where God's
spirit is, there is your home. There is heaven for you.
Prayer for the Day
I pray
that God may make His home in my humble and obedient heart. I pray that I may
obey His guidance to the best of my ability.
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