~A.A.
Thoughts
For The
Day~
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Vigilance
Now
that we're in AA and sober, and winning back the esteem of our friends and
business associates, we find that we still need to exercise special
vigilance. As an insurance against "big-shot-ism" we can often check
ourselves by remembering we are today sober only by the grace of God and
that any success we may be having is far more His success than
ours.
c. 1952 AAWS,
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 92
Thought to Consider . . .
Always
remember you're unique ... just like everyone
else.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
H A L T = Honestly, Actively, Lovingly,
Tolerant.
*~*^Just
For
Today!^*~*
Today From "Getting
Ahead":
"I think that one of the main
differences between an active alcoholic and a recovering alcoholic can be
expressed as a matter of tense. The active alcoholic tends to live in the future
or in the past. The sober alcoholic, using part of the philosophy he learns in
his A.A. experience, lives or strives to live in the
present."
1973 AAWS, Inc.; Came to
Believe, 30th printing 2004, pg.
113
*^Daily
Reflections^*
CONVINCING "MR. HYDE"
Even then, as we hew away, peace and joy will still elude us. That's
the place so many of us A.A. oldsters have come to. And it's a hell of a
spot, literally. How shall our unconscious -- from which so many of our
fears, compulsions and phony aspirations still stream -- be brought into line
with what we actually believe, know and want! How to convince our dumb, raging
and hidden "Mr. Hyde" becomes our main task.
THE BEST OF BILL, pp. 42-43
Regular
attendance at meetings, serving and helping others is the recipe that many have
tried and found to be successful. Whenever I stray from these basic principles,
my old habits resurface and my old self also comes back with all its fears and
defects. The ultimate goal of each A.A. member is permanent sobriety, achieved
One Day at a Time.
Copyright
1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
*~*^As
Bill
Sees
It^*~*
Dealing with Resentments
Resentment is the Number One offender. It destroys
more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease,
for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have also been
spiritually ill. When our spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out
mentally and physically. In dealing with our resentments, we set them on
paper. We listed people, institutions, or principles with whom we were angry. We
asked ourselves why we were angry. In most cases it was found that our
self-esteem, our pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal relationships
(including sex) were hurt or
threatened.
<<< >>>
"The most heated bit of
letter-writing can be a wonderful safety valve -- providing the wastebasket is
somewhere nearby."
1. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 64-65
2. LETTER,
1949
*~*^Big
Book
Quote^*~*
"Some day we hope that
Alcoholics Anonymous will help the public to a better realization of the
gravity of the alcoholic problem, but we shall be of little use if our
attitude is one of bitterness or hostility. Drinkers will not stand for
it.
After all, our problems were of our own making. Bottles were only
a symbol. Besides, we have stopped fighting anybody or anything. We have
to!"
Alcoholics Anonymous,
4th Edition
Working With Others, pg.
103
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
When the
morning sun comes up on a nice bright day and we jump out of bed, we're thankful
to God that we feel well and happy instead of sick and disgusted. Serenity and
happiness have become much more important to us than the excitement of drinking,
which lifts us up for a short while, but lets us way down in the end. Of course,
all of us alcoholics had a lot of fun with drinking. We might as well admit it.
We can look back on a lot of good times, before we became alcoholics. But the
time comes for all of us alcoholics when drinking ceases to be fun and becomes
trouble. Have I learned that drinking can never again be anything but trouble
for me?
Meditation for the Day
I must rely on God. I must trust Him to the limit. I must depend
on the Divine Power in all human relationships. I will wait and trust and hope,
until God shows me the way. I will wait for guidance on each important decision.
I will meet the test of waiting until a thing seems right before I do it. Every
work for God must meet this test of time. The guidance will come, if I wait for
it.
Prayer for the
Day
I pray
that I may meet the test of waiting for God's guidance. I pray that I will not
go off on my own.
Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012
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