Thoughts For The Day~*~Freedom ^*^*^ December 21
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Freedom
"Through A.A., we can experience freedom from self. After all, it was self (you, me) that stood in our own way, that ran the show and ran ourselves into bankruptcy, that hurt the ones we loved. All Twelve Steps of A.A. are designed to kill the old self (deflate the old ego) and build a new, free self."
1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 459
Thought to Consider . . .
Within our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession.
*~*^Just For Today!^*~*
Honesty
"Long
before nagging and pressures from others concerning my excessive use of
alcohol made any impression on me, the nagging voice of conscience my
own inner voice of truth and right apprised me of the irrevocable fact
that I had lost control of alcohol, that I was powerless. I know now
that the inner voice was God, as I understand Him, speaking. For, as I
had been taught from earliest memory and as A.A. has emphasized, God or
good emanates from within each of us. "
Lakewood, Ohio, USA
1973 AAWS, Inc.
Came to Believe, 30th printing 2004, pg. 83
*^Daily Reflections^*
LISTEN, SHARE AND PRAY
When
working with a man and his family, you should take care not to
participate in their quarrels. You may spoil your chance of being
helpful if you do.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 100
When
trying to help a fellow alcoholic, I've given in to an impulse to give
advice, and perhaps that's inevitable. But allowing others the right to
be wrong reaps its own benefits. The best I can do - and it sounds
easier than it is to put into practice - is to listen, share personal
experience, and pray for others.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*
When and How to Give
Men
who cry for money and shelter as a condition of their sobriety are on
the wrong track. Yet we sometimes do provide a new prospect with these
very things - when it becomes clear that he is willing to place his
recovery first. It is not whether we shall give that is the question,
but when and how to give. Whenever we put our work on a material plane,
the alcoholic commences to rely upon alms rather than upon a Higher
Power and the A.A. group. He continues to insist that he cannot master
alcohol until his material needs are cared for. Nonsense! Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: that, job or no job,
wife or no wife, we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place
material dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
". . . we
aren't a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our
existence, they wouldn't want it. We absolutely insist on enjoying
life."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
The Family Afterward, pg. 132
*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
Have
I ceased being inwardly defeated, at war with myself? Have I given
myself freely to A.A. and to the Higher Power? Have I gotten over being
sick inside? Am I still wandering mentally or am I "on the beam"? I can
face anything if I am sure I am on the way. When I am sure, I should bet
my life on A.A. I have learned how the program works. Now will I follow
it with all I have, with all I can give, with all my might, with all my
life? Am I going to let A.A. principles guide the rest of my life?
Meditation for the Day
In
this time of quiet meditation, follow the pressure of the Lord's
leading. In all decisions to be made today, yield to the gentle pressure
of your conscience. Stay or go as that pressure indicates. Take the
events of today as part of God's planning and ordering. He may lead you
to a right decision. Wait quietly until you have an inner urge, a
leading, a feeling that a thing is right, a pressure on your will by the
spirit of God.
Prayer for the Day
I
pray that today I may try to follow the inner pressure of God's
leading. I pray that I may try to follow my conscience and do what seems
right today.
Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012
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