Thoughts For The Day~*~Troubles ^*^*^ May 3
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Troubles
"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! Many of us had moral and philosophical convictions galore, but we could not live up to them even though we would have liked to. Neither could we reduce our self-centeredness much by wishing or trying our own power. We had to have God's help."
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 62
Thought to Consider . . .
The task ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind us.
F I N E
Feeling Insecure, Numb and Empty
*~*^Just For Today!^*~*
Trust
Twelve Concepts for World Service by Bill W., page 16
*^Daily
Reflections^*
CLEANING HOUSE
Somehow, being alone with God doesn't seem as embarrassing as
facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud
about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still
largely theoretical.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 60
It wasn't unusual for me to talk to God, and myself, about my character
defects. But to sit down, face to face, and openly discuss these
intimacies with another person was much more difficult. I recognized in
the experience, however, a similar relief to the one I had experienced when I
first admitted I was an alcoholic. I began to appreciate the spiritual
significance of the program and that this Step was just an introduction to what
was yet to come in the remaining seven Steps.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC.
The New A.A. and His Family
"When alcoholism strikes, very unnatural situations may develop which work against marriage partnership and compatible union. If the man is affected, the wife must become the head of the house, often the breadwinner. As matters get worse, the husband becomes a sick and irresponsible child who needs to be looked after and extricated from endless scrapes and impasses. Very gradually, usually without any realization of the fact, the wife is forced to become the mother of an erring boy, and the alcoholic alternately loves and hates her maternal care. Under the influence of A.A.'s Twelve Steps, these situations are often set right."
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"Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker."
1. TWELVE AND TWELVE, PP. 117-118
2. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, P. 135
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
"Most of us sense that real tolerance of other people´s
shortcomings and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions are attitudes
which make us more useful to others."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
There Is
A Solution, pg. 19
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
A.A. teaches us to take it easy.
We learn how to relax and to stop worrying about the past or the future, to give
up our resentments and hates and tempers, to stop being critical of people, and
to try to help them instead. That's what "Easy Does It" means. So in the time
that's left to me to live, I'm going to try to take it easy, to relax and not to
worry, to try to be helpful to others, and to trust God. For what's left of my
life, is my motto going to be "Easy Does It"?
Meditation for the Day
I
must overcome myself before I can truly forgive other people for injuries done
to me. The self in me cannot forgive injuries. The very thought of wrongs means
that my self is in the foreground. Since the self cannot forgive, I must
overcome my selfishness. I must cease trying to forgive those who fretted and
wronged me. It is a mistake for me even to think about these injuries. I must
aim at overcoming myself in my daily life and then I will find there is nothing
in me that remembers injury, because the only thing injured, my selfishness, is
gone.
Prayer for the
Day
I pray that I may hold no
resentments. I pray that my mind may be washed clean of all past hates and
fears.
Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012
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