~A.A.
Thoughts
For The
Day~
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Companionship
"Letting go of everything at once was both painful and
terrifying. I could never have accomplished this alone. It
took the help, understanding and wonderful companionship that was given so
freely to me by my 'ex-alkie' friends. This and the program of
recovery embodied in the Twelve Steps . . . Whole new vistas were opened
up for me, new avenues of experience to be explored, and life began to
take on color and interest."
c. 1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p.
311
Thought to Consider . . .
This is a great day to be sober, patient, tolerant, kindly
and loving.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
C A R E
Comforting And Reassuring Each
other
*~*^Just
For
Today!^*~*
Accountable
From "The Three Legacies of
Alcoholics Anonymous":
"By 1940 we had begun to see
that the A.A. book should belong to our society itself. Its shares should not be
forever scattered among forty-nine subscribers, Ruth Hock, Henry, and me [Bill
W.]. If the Foundation could acquire these outstanding shares, the book could be
placed in trust for A.A. as a whole. They could no longer kick about the book's income being used to run the
A.A. office.
"Trustee A. LeRoy Chipman
conceived the idea of borrowing enough money from Mr. [John D., Jr.]
Rockefeller, two of his sons [including then-future US Vice President Nelson],
and the dinner guests to clear away certain debts and to buy all Works
Publishing's shares (except Henry's and mine) from the cash subscribers at par.
Every one of the cash subscribers gladly consented to this; they were happy to
get out even. Mr. Chipman thereupon raised a total of $8,000 dollars, to be
repaid to Mr. Rockefeller and the others out of book profits at a later
date."
2001 AAWS Inc.
Alcoholics
Anonymous Comes of Age, pg.
189
*^Daily
Reflections^*
I CANNOT CHANGE THE WIND
It is easy to let up on
the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for
trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85
My first sponsor told me there were two things to say about
prayer and meditation: first, I had to start and second, I had to
continue. When I came to A.A. my spiritual life was bankrupt; if I
considered God at all, He was to be called upon only when my self-will was
incapable of a task or when overwhelming fears had eroded my ego.
Today
I am grateful for a new life, one in which my prayers are those of
thanksgiving. My prayer time is more for listening than for talking. I know today that if I cannot change the wind, I can adjust my sail. I
know the difference between superstition and spirituality. I know there is
a graceful way of being right, and many ways to be
wrong.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC.
*~*^As
Bill
Sees
It^*~*
From the Taproot
"The
principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete
defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and
flowered."
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"Every newcomer is told, and soon
realizes for himself, that his humble admission of powerlessness over alcohol is
his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip. So it is that we
first see humility as a necessity. But this is the barest beginning. To get
completely away from our aversion to the idea of being humble, to gain a vision
of humility as the avenue to true freedom of the human spirit, to be willing to
work for humility as something to be desired for itself, takes most of us a
long, long time. A whole lifetime geared to self-centeredness cannot be set in
reverse all at once."
TWELVE AND TWELVE
1. pp. 21-22 - 2. pp.
72-73
*~*^Big
Book
Quote^*~*
"If, when you honestly want
to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little
control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic. If that be the
case, you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual experience
will conquer."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
We Agnostics, pg.
44
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
I have hope. That magic thing that I had lost
or misplaced. The future looks dark no more. I do not even look at it, except
when necessary to make plans. I try to let the future take care of itself. The
future will be made up of todays and todays, stretching out as short as now and
as long as eternity. Hope is justified by many right nows, by the rightness of
the present. Nothing can happen to me that God does not will for me. I can hope
for the best, as long as I have what I have and it is good. Have I
hope?
Meditation for the Day
Faith is the messenger that bears
your prayers to God. Prayer can be like incense, rising ever higher and higher.
The prayer of faith is the prayer of trust that feels the presence of God which
it rises to meet. It can be sure of some response from God. We can say a prayer
of thanks to God every day for His grace, which has kept us on the right way and
allowed us to start living the good life. So we should pray to God with faith
and trust and gratitude.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I
may feel sure of some response to my prayers. I pray that I may be content with
whatever form that response takes.
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