~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~
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Fun
"Every
day, I feel a little bit more useful, more happy, and more free. Life,
including some ups and downs, is a lot of fun. I am part of AA which is
a way of life. If I had not become an active alcoholic and joined AA, I
might never have found my own identity or become a part of anything."
1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 417
Thought to Consider . . .
Joy is in knowing there is an answer.
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F I N E = Free, Independent, New and Energetic
*~*^Just For Today!^*~*
*^Daily Reflections^*
OPEN-MINDEDNESS
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.
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 7
Open-mindedness
to concepts of a Higher Power can open doors to the spirit. Often I
find the human spirit in various dogmas and faiths. I can be spiritual
in the sharing of myself. The sharing of self joins me to the human
race and brings me closer to God, as I understand Him.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*
Progress Rather than Perfection
On
studying the Twelve Steps, many of us exclaimed, "What an order! I
can't go through with it." Do not be discouraged. No one among us has
been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these
principles. We are not saints. The point is that we are willing to grow
along spiritual lines. The principles we have set down are guides to
progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection.
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"We
recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are
brothers in our defects, and in our common strivings to overcome them."
1. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, P. 60
2. LETTER, 1946