~A.A.
Thoughts
For
The Day~
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/AA\
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Friends
"You are going to meet these new friends in your
own community. Near you, alcoholics are dying helplessly like
people in a sinking ship. If you live in a large place, there are
hundreds. High and low, rich and poor, these are future fellows of
Alcoholics Anonymous. Among them you will make lifelong
friends. You will be bound to them with new and wonderful ties,
for you will escape disaster together and you will commence shoulder to
shoulder your common journey. Then you will know what it means to give
of yourself that others may survive and rediscover life. You will
learn a full meaning of 'Love thy neighbor as thyself.'"
1976
AAWS
Alcoholics Anonymous pp. 152-153
Thought to Consider . . .
When we love, we see in others what we wish to
have in ourselves.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
B O G G L E
Bad Or Good, God Loves Everyone
*~*^Just
For
Today!^*~*
Equals
From "What is
sponsorship?"
"Alcoholics Anonymous began
with sponsorship. When Bill W., only a few months sober, was stricken with
a powerful urge to drink, this thought came to him: 'You need another alcoholic
to talk to. You need another alcoholic just as much as he needs
you!' He found Dr. Bob, who had been trying desperately and unsuccessfully
to stop drinking, and out of their common need A.A. was born. The word
'sponsor' was not used then; the Twelve Steps had not been written; but Bill
carried the message to Dr. Bob, who in turn safeguarded his own sobriety by
sponsoring countless other alcoholics. In A.A., sponsor and sponsored meet
as equals, just as Bill and Dr. Bob did."
1983 Questions &
Answers on Sponsorship
(A.A. Pamphlet P-15), page
7
*^Daily
Reflections^*
"I HAD DROPPED OUT"
We might next ask
ourselves what we mean when we say that we have "harmed" other people.
What kinds of "harm" do people do one another, anyway? To define the word
"harm" in a practical way, we might call it the result of instincts in
collision, which cause physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual damage to
people.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS p.
80
I had been to Eighth Step meetings, always
thinking, "I really haven't harmed many people, mostly myself." But the time
came when I wrote my list out and it was not as short as I thought it would be.
I either liked you, disliked you, or needed something from you - it was
that simple. People hadn't done what I wanted them to do and intimate
relationships were out of hand because of my partners' unreasonable demands.
Were these "sins of omission"? Because of my drinking, I had "dropped out"
- never sending cards, returning calls, being there for other people, or taking
part in their lives. What a grace it has been to look at these relationships, to
make my inventories in quiet, alone with the God of my understanding, and to go
forth daily, with a willingness to be honest and forthright in my
relationships.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC.
*~*^As
Bill
Sees
It^*~*
The Beginning of True
Kinship
When we reached A.A., and
for the first time in our lives stood among people who seemed to understand, the
sense of belonging was tremendously exciting. We thought the isolation problem
had been solved. But we soon discovered that, while we weren't alone any more in
a social sense, we still suffered many of the old pangs of anxious apartness.
Until we had talked with complete candor of our conflicts, and had listened to
someone else do the same thing, we still didn't belong. Step Five was the
answer. It was the beginning of true kinship with man and
God.
TWELVE AND TWELVE p.
57
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
"Opinions vary considerably as to
why the alcoholic reacts differently from normal people. We are not sure why,
once a certain point is reached, little can be done for him. We cannot answer
the riddle."
Alcoholics Anonymous 4th
Edition
There Is A Solution, pg. 22
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
"The alcoholic is absolutely unable to
stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge. We must admit we can do
nothing about it ourselves. Willpower and self-knowledge will never help in
the strange mental blank spots when we are tempted to drink. An alcoholic
mentally is in a very sick condition. The last flicker of conviction that we
can do the job ourselves must be snuffed out. The spiritual answer and
the program of action are the only hope. Only spiritual principles will
solve our problems. We are completely helpless apart from Divine help. Our
defense against drinking must come from a Higher Power." Have I accepted the
spiritual answer and the program of action?
Meditation for the Day
Rest
now until life, eternal life, flowing through your veins and heart and mind,
bids you to bestir yourself. Then glad work will follow. Tired work is never
effective. The strength of God's spirit is always available to the tired
mind and body. He is your physician and your healer. Look to these quiet
times of communion with God for rest, for peace, for cure. Then rise
refreshed in spirit and go out to work, knowing that your strength is able
to meet any problems because it is reinforced by God's power.
Prayer for the Day
I
pray that the peace I have found will make me effective. I pray that I may
be relieved of all strain during this day.
Hazelden
Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012
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