Thoughts For The Day~*~Resentment ^*^*^ August 4
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Resentment
"If you have a resentment you want to be rid of, if
you will pray for the person or the thing you resent, you will be free.
If you will ask in prayer for everything you want for yourself to be
given to them, you will be free. Ask for their health, their prosperity,
their happiness, and you will be free. Even when you don't really want
it for them, and your prayers are only words and you don't mean it, go
ahead and do it anyway. Do it every day for two weeks and you will find
you have come to mean it and to want it for them, and you will realize
that where you used to feel bitterness and resentment and hatred, you
now feel compassionate understanding and love."
1952AAWS
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 552
Thought
to Consider . . .
An
expectation is a premeditated resentment.
F E A R = Frustration, Ego, Anxiety, Resentment
*~*^Just For Today!^*~*
No Control Whatever
From: "More About Alcoholism"
A man of thirty
was doing a great deal of spree drinking. He was very nervous in the morning
after these bouts and quieted himself with more liquor. He was ambitious to
succeed in business, but saw that he would get nowhere if he drank at all. Once
he started, he had no control whatever. He made up his mind that until he had
been successful in business and had retired, he would not touch another drop. An
exceptional man, he remained bone dry for twenty-five years and retired at the
age of fifty-five, after a successful and happy business career. Then he fell
victim to a belief which practically every alcoholic has - that his long period
of sobriety and self-discipline had qualified him to drink as other men. Out
came his carpet slippers and a bottle. In two months he was in a hospital,
puzzled and humiliated. He tried to regulate his drinking for a while, making
several trips to the hospital meantime. Then, gathering all his forces, he
attempted to stop altogether and found he could not. Every means of solving his
problem which money could buy was at his disposal. Every attempt failed. Though
a robust man at retirement, he went to pieces quickly and was dead within four
years
2001 AAWS Inc.
Alcoholics Anonymous, pages 32-33
SEEDS OF FAITH
Faith, to be sure, is necessary, but faith alone can avail nothing. We can have faith, yet keep God out of our lives.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 34
As a child I constantly questioned the existence of God. To a "scientific thinker" like me, no answer could withstand a thorough dissection, until a very patient woman finally said to me, "You must have faith." With that simple statement, the seeds of my recovery were sown!
Today, as I practice my recovery -- cutting back the weeds of alcoholism -- slowly I am letting those early seeds of faith grow and bloom. Each day of recovery, of ardent gardening, brings the Higher Power of my understanding more fully into my life. My God has always been with me through faith, but it is my responsibility to have the willingness to accept His presence.
I ask God to grant me the willingness to do His will.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*
After the "Honeymoon"
"For most of us, the first years of A.A. are something like a honeymoon. There is a new and potent reason to stay alive, joyful activity aplenty. For a time, we are diverted from the main life problems. That is all to the good. "But when the honeymoon has worn off, we are obliged to take our lumps, like other people. This is where the testing starts. Maybe the group has pushed us onto the side lines. Maybe difficulties have intensified at home, or in the world outside. Then the old behavior patterns reappear. How well we recognize and deal with them reveals the extent of our progress."
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The wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.
1. LETTER, 1954
2. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 88
*~*^Big Book Quote ^*~*
Alcoholics Anonymous 4th Edition
We Agnostics, pg. 47
*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
We in A.A. are offering a kind of psychological program as well as a spiritual one. First, people must be mentally able to receive it. They must have made up their minds that they want to quit drinking, and they must be willing to do something about it. Their confidence must be obtained. We must show them that we are their friends and really desire to help them. When we have their confidence, they will listen to us. Then the A.A. fellowship is a kind of group therapy. Newcomers need the fellowship of other alcoholics who understand their problem because they have had it themselves. Individuals must learn to reeducate their minds. They must learn to think differently. Do I do my best to give mental help?
Meditation for the Day
"And this is life eternal, that they may know Thee." It is the flow of life eternal through spirit, mind, and body that cleanses, heals, restores, and renews. Seek conscious contact with God more and more each day. Make God an abiding presence during the day. Be conscious of His spirit helping you. All that is done without God's spirit is passing. All that is done with God's spirit is life eternal.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may be in the stream of eternal life. I pray that I may be cleansed and healed by the Eternal Spirit.
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