Although we realize that alcoholism is a permanent, irreversible condition, our experience has taught us to make no long-term promises about staying sober. We have found it more realistic - and more successful - to say, "I am not taking a drink just for today."
Even if we drank yesterday, we can plan not to drink today. We
may drink tomorrow, who knows whether we'll even be alive then? But
for this 24 hours, we decide not to drink. No matter what the temptation
or provocation, we determine to go to any extremes necessary to avoid a drink
today.
1998 AAWS, Inc., Living Sober, page
6
"In this
book you read again and again that faith did for us what we could not do for
ourselves. We hope you are convinced now that God can remove whatever
self-will has blocked you off from Him. If you have already made a decision,
and an inventory of your grosser handicaps, you have made a good beginning.
That being so you have swallowed and digested some big chunks of truth about
yourself."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
How It Works, pg.
70
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
Am I willing to be bored sometimes at meetings? Am I willing to
listen to much repetition of A.A. principles? Am I willing to hear the
same thing over and over again? Am I willing to listen to a long
blow-by-blow personal story, because it might help some new member? Am I
willing to sit quietly and listen to long-winded members go into every
detail of their past? Am I willing to take it, because it is doing them good
to get it off their chest? My feelings are not too important. The good of
A.A. comes first, even if it is not always comfortable for me. Have I
learned to take it?
Meditation for the Day
God would draw us
all closer to Him in the bonds of the spirit. He would have all people drawn
closer to each other in the bonds of the spirit. God, the great Spirit of
the universe, of which each of our own spirits is a small part, must want
unity between Himself and all His children. "Unity of the spirit in the
bonds of peace." Each experience of our life, of joy, of sorrow, of
danger, of safety, of difficulty, of success, of hardship, of ease, each
should be accepted as part of our common lot, in the bonds of the
spirit.
Prayer for the
Day
I pray that I may welcome the bonds of true
fellowship. I pray that I may be brought closer to unity with God and other
people.
Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012
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