~A.A.
Thoughts
For
The Day~
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Jittery
"We believe and hope this book contains all you will need
to begin. We know what you are thinking. You are saying to yourself:
'I'm jittery and alone. I couldn't do that.' But you can. You
forget that you have just now tapped a source of power much greater than
yourself. To duplicate, with such backing, what we have accomplished is
only a matter of willingness, patience and labor."
1976AAWS, Alcoholics
Anonymous, p. 163
Thought
to Consider . . .
It's
kind of fun to do the impossible.
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W H O M E ? =
Willingness, Honesty, Open mindedness, Must Exist
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For
Today!^*~*
HP
From "The Three Legacies of
Alcoholics Anonymous":
"We were still arguing about
the Twelve Steps. All this time I had refused to budge on these steps. I would
not change a word of the original draft, in which I had consistently used
the word 'God,' and in one place the expression 'on our knees' was used. Praying
to God on one's knees was still a big affront to Henry. He was positive we
would scare off alcoholics by the thousands when they read those Twelve
Steps. Though at first I would have none of it, we finally began to talk
about the possibility of compromise. Who first suggested the actual compromise
words I do not know, but they are words well known throughout the length and
breadth of A.A. today: In Step Two we decided to describe God as a 'Power
greater than ourselves.' In Steps Three and Eleven we inserted the words 'God
as we understood Him.' From Step Seven we deleted the expression 'on our
knees.' And, as a lead-in sentence to all the steps we wrote these words: 'Here
are the steps we took which are suggested as a Program of Recovery.' A.A.'s
Twelve Steps were to be suggestions only."
2001 AAWS, Inc.
Alcoholics
Anonymous Comes of Age, pgs. 166-67
*^Daily
Reflections^*A RIDDLE THAT WORKS It may be possible to find explanations of spiritual experiences
such as ours, but I have often tried to explain my own and have
succeeded only in giving the story of it. I know the feeling it gave me
and the results it has brought, but I realize I may never fully understand
its deeper why and how. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 313 I had a profound spiritual experience during an open
A. A. meeting, which led me to blurt out. "I'm an alcoholic!" I have not had
a drink since that day. I can tell you the words I heard just prior to
my admission, and how those words affected me, but as to why it happened, I
do not know. I believe a power greater than myself chose me to recover, yet
I do not know why. I try not to worry or wonder about what I do not yet
know; instead, I trust that if I continue to work the Steps, practice the A.
A. principles in my life, and share my story, I will be guided lovingly
toward a deep and mature spirituality in which more will be revealed to me.
For the time being, it is a gift for me to trust God, work the Steps and
help others. Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC.*~*^As
Bill
Sees
It^*~*Perfection - Only the Objective There can be no absolute humility for us humans. At best, we can
merely glimpse the meaning and splendor of such a perfect ideal. Only God
himself can manifest in the absolute; we human beings must needs live and grow
in the domain of the relative. So we seek progress in humility for today.
<<< >>> Few of us can quickly or easily become
ready even to look at spiritual and moral perfection; we want to settle for only
as much development as may get us by in life, according, of course, to our
various and sundry ideas of what will get us by. Mistakenly, we strive for a
self-determined objective, rather than for the perfect objective which is of
God. 1. GRAPEVINE, JUNE 1961
2. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p.
68*~*^Big
Book
Quote^*~*"If we
are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God take
us to better things, we believe we will be forgiven and will have learned our
lesson. If we are not sorry, and our conduct continues to harm others, we are
quite sure to drink. We are not theorizing. These are facts out of our
experience."Alcoholics Anonymous 4th Edition
How It Works, pg.
70*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*AA Thought for the Day "When we saw our faults, we listed them. We placed them before us
in black and white. We admitted our wrongs honestly and we were willing
to set these matters straight. We reviewed our fears thoroughly. We
asked God to remove our fears and we commenced to outgrow fear. Many of us
needed an overhauling in regard to sex. We came to believe that sex powers were
God-given and therefore good, if used properly. Sex is never to be used lightly
or selfishly, nor is it to be despised or loathed. If sex is troublesome, we
throw ourselves the harder into helping others, and so take our minds off
ourselves." Am I facing my sex problems in the proper way?
Meditation for the Day Cling to the
belief that all things are possible with God. If this belief is truly
accepted, it is the ladder upon which a human soul can climb from the lowest
pit of despair to the sublime heights of peace of mind. It is possible for
God to change your way of living. When you see the change in another person
through the grace of God, you cannot doubt that all things are possible in
the lives of people through the strength that comes from faith in Him who
rules us all. Prayer for
the Day I pray that I may live
expectantly. I pray that I may believe deeply that all things are possible
with God.Hazelden
Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012
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