~A.A.
Thoughts
For
The Day~
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Power
"We could
wish to be moral, we could wish to be philosophically comforted, in fact,
we could will these things with all our might, but the needed power wasn't
there. Our human resources, as marshalled by the will, were not
sufficient; they failed utterly. Lack of power, that was our
dilemma. We had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be
a Power greater than ourselves."
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 45
Thought to Consider
. . .
Willpower ...our willingness to
use a Higher Power.
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FAITH
For
An Instant
Trust Him
"Abandon yourself to God as you understand
God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of
your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the
Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the
Road of Happy Destiny."
2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition
Alcoholics Anonymous, pg.
164
*~*^As
Bill
Sees
It^*~*
Look Beyond the Horizon
My workshop stands on a hill back of our home.
Looking over the valley, I see the village community house where our local group
meets. Beyond the circle of my horizon lies the whole world of
A.A.
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The unity of A.A. is the most cherished
quality our Society has. Our lives, the lives of all to come, depend squarely
upon it. Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; our world
arteries would no longer carry the life-giving grace of
God.
1. A.A. TODAY, P. 7
2. TWELVE
AND TWELVE, P. 129
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
"Some drinkers have excuses with which they are
satisfied part of the time. But in their hearts they really do not know why
they do it. Once this malady has a real hold, they are a baffled lot. There
is the obsession that somehow, someday, they will beat the game. But they
often suspect they are down for the count."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
There Is A Solution,
pg. 23
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
I had to show off and boast so
that people would think I amounted to something, when, of course, both they and
I knew that I really didn't amount to anything. I didn't fool anybody. Although
I've been sober for quite a while, the old habit of building myself up is still
with me. I still have a tendency to think too well of myself and to pretend to
be more than I really am. Am I always in danger of becoming conceited just
because I'm sober?
Meditation for the Day
I cannot ascertain the
spiritual with my intellect. I can only do it by my own faith and spiritual
faculties. I must think of God more with my heart than with my head. I can
breathe in God's very spirit in the life around me. I can keep my eyes turned
toward the good things in the world. I am shut up in a box of space and time,
but I can open a window in that box by faith. I can empty my mind of all the
limitations of material things. I can sense the Eternal.
Prayer for the Day
I pray
that whatever is good I may have. I pray that I may leave to God the choice of
what good will come to me.
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