~A.A. Thoughts
For
The
Day~
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Acceptance
"And acceptance is
the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because
I find some person, place, thing, situation - some fact of my life -
unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that
person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed
to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God's world by
mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober;
unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy.
I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the
world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition p. 417
Copyright 1976 A.A.W.S. Inc.
Thought
to Consider . . .
Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgment
of the facts of a situation, then deciding what you're going to do about it.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
F E A R
Forget Everything and Run
*~*^Just
For
Today!^*~*
All You Will
Need
From: "A Vision
for You"
Thus we grow. And so can you, though you be but one man with this
book in your hand. We believe and hope it 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.
2001 AAWS Inc.
Alcoholics Anonymous, pages
162-163
*^Daily
Reflections^*
UNREMITTING INVENTORIES
Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and
fear. When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them. We discuss
them with someone immediately and make amends quickly if we have harmed
anyone. Then we resolutely turn our thoughts to someone we can help.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84
The
immediate admission of wrong thoughts or actions is a tough task for most
human beings, but for recovering alcoholics like me it is difficult because
of my propensity toward ego, fear and pride. The freedom the A.A. program
offers me becomes more abundant when, through unremitting inventories of
myself, I admit, acknowledge and accept responsibility for my wrong-doing.
It is possible then for me to grow into a deeper and better
understanding of humility. My willingness to admit when the fault is
mine facilitates the progression of my growth and helps me to become more
understanding and helpful to others.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC.
*~*^As
Bill
Sees
It^*~*
Mastering Resentments
"We began to see that the world and its people had really dominated us.
Under that unhappy condition, the wrongdoing of others, fancied or real, had
power to actually kill us, because we could be driven back to drink through
resentment. We saw that these resentments must be mastered, but how? We could
not wish them away.
This was our course: We realized that the people who
wronged us were perhaps spiritually sick. So we asked God to help us show them
the same tolerance, pity, and patience that we would cheerfully grant a sick
friend.
Today, we avoid retaliation or argument. We cannot treat sick people
that way. If we do, we destroy our chance of being helpful. We cannot be helpful
to all people, but at least God will show us how to take a kindly and tolerant
view of each and every one."
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 66-67
*~*^Big
Book Quote^*~*
". . . we have ceased
fighting anything or anyone even alcohol."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
Into Action, pg.
84
*^Twenty
Four
Hours
A Day^*
A.A. Thought For The Day
A.A. work is one hundred percent voluntary. It depends on each
and every one of our members to volunteer to do his or her share. Newcomers
can sit on the sidelines until they have got over their nervousness and
confusion. They have a right to be helped by all, until they can stand on
their own feet. But the time inevitably comes when they have to speak up
and volunteer to do their share in meetings and in twelfth-step work. Until
that time comes, they are not a vital part of A.A. They are only in the
process of being assimilated. Has my time come to volunteer?
Meditation for the Day
God's Kingdom on earth is growing
slowly, like a seed in the ground. In the growth of His Kingdom, there is
always progress among the few who are out ahead of the crowd. Keep
striving for something better and there can be no stagnation in your life.
Eternal life, abundant life is yours for the seeking. Do not misspend time
over past failures. Count the lessons learned from failures as rungs upon
the ladder of progress. Press onward toward the goal.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I
may be willing to grow. I pray that I may keep stepping up on the rungs of
the ladder of life.
Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012
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