Thoughts For The Day~*~Meetings ^*^*^ March 3
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"We have also found that going to meetings is not something to be done only when we feel the temptation to drink. We often get more good from the meetings by attending them when we feel fine and haven't so much as thought of drinking. And even a meeting which is not totally, instantly satisfying, is better than no meeting at all.
Living Sober p. 81
The Twelve Steps are but suggestions, as is pulling the rip cord on a parachute.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
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*~*^Just For Today!^*~*
Bottom
"No words can tell of the
loneliness and despair I found in that bitter morass of self-pity. Quicksand
stretched around me in all directions. I had met my match. I had been
overwhelmed. Alcohol was my master."
2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth
Edition
Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 8
OVERCOMING SELF-WILL
So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn't think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills us!
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 62
For so many years my life revolved solely around myself. I was consumed with self in all forms - self-centeredness, self-pity, self-seeking, all of which stemmed from pride. Today I have been given the gift, through the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous, of practicing the Steps and Traditions in my daily life, of my group and sponsor, and the capacity - if I so choose - to put my pride aside in all situations which arise in my life.
Until I could honestly look at myself and see that I was the problem in many situations and react appropriately inside and out; until I could discard my expectations and understand that my serenity was directly proportional to them, I could not experience serenity and sound sobriety.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
*~*^As
Bill
Sees
It^*~*
A Different Swinging Door
"When a drunk
shows up among us and says that he doesn't like the A.A. principles, people, or
service management, when he declares that he can do better elsewhere - we are
not worried. We simply say, 'Maybe your case really is different. Why don't you
try something else?' If an A.A. member says he doesn't like his own group, we
are not disturbed. We simply say, 'Why don't you try another one? Or start one
of your own.' To those who wish to secede from A.A. altogether, we extend a
cheerful invitation to do just that. If they can do better by other means, we
are glad. If after a trial they cannot do better, we know they face a choice:
They can go mad or die or they can return to A.A. The decision is wholly theirs.
(As a matter of fact, most of them do come back.)"
TWELVE CONCEPTS, pp. 72 - 73
Copyright 1967
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
*~*^Big Book
Quote^*~*
"We have seen the truth
demonstrated again and again: 'Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic.'
Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad
as ever."
Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition
More About Alcoholism, pg.
33
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
After we've made a surrender, the drink
problem is out of our hands and in the hands of God. The thing we have to do is
to be sure that we never reach out and take the problem back into our own hands.
Leave it in God's hands. Whenever I'm tempted to take a drink, I must say to
myself: "I can't do that. I've made a bargain with God not to drink. I know God
doesn't want me to drink and so I won't do it." At the same time I say a little
prayer to God for the strength needed to keep the bargain with Him. Am I going
to keep my bargain with God?
Meditation for the Day
I will try to grow in this new life. I will think
of spiritual things often and unconsciously I will grow. The nearer I get to the
new life, the more I will see my unfitness. My sense of failure is a sure sign
that I am growing in the new life. It is only struggle that hurts. In
sloth - physical, mental, or spiritual - there is no sense of failure or
discomfort. With struggle and effort, I am conscious not of strength but of
weakness until I am really living the new life. But in the struggle, I can
always rely on the power of God to help me.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may see signs of my growth in the
new life. I pray that I may always keep trying to
grow.
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