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Procrastination
"After a preliminary trial at making amends, we may enjoy
such a sense of relief that we conclude our task is finished. We will want to
rest on our laurels. The temptation to skip the more humiliating and dreaded
meetings that still remain may be great. We may just procrastinate, telling
ourselves the time is not yet, when in reality we have already passed up many a
fine chance to right a serious wrong. Let's not talk prudence while practicing
evasion."
Twelve
Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 85
Thought to Consider . . .
Procrastination is really sloth in five
syllables.
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p.
67
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
D E A D
Drinking
Ends All Dreams
*~*^Just
For
Today!^*~*
Generosity
From
"Thousands of Founders:"
"A.A. was not
invented! Its basics were brought to us through the experience and wisdom
of many great friends. We simply borrowed and adapted their
ideas. Thankfully, we have accepted the devoted services of many
non-alcoholics. We owe our very lives to the men and women of medicine and
religion. And, speaking or Dr. Bob and myself, I gratefully declare that
had it not been for our wives, Anne and Lois, neither of us could have lived to
see A.A.'s beginning."
c. 1967, As Bill Sees It,
page 67
*^Daily
Reflections^*
THE GOD IDEA
When
we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the
Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God. Our ideas did not work
But the God idea did.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 52
Like a blind man gradually being restored to sight, I
slowly groped my way to the Third Step. Having realized that only a Power
greater than myself could rescue me from the hopeless abyss I was in, I knew
that this was a Power that I had to grasp, and that it would be my anchor in the
midst of a sea of woes. Even though my faith at that time was minuscule,
it was big enough to make me see that it was time for me to discard my reliance
on my prideful ego and replace it with the steadying strength that could only
come from a Power far greater than myself.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC.
*~*^As
Bill
Sees
It^*~*
Breach the Walls of Ego
"People who are driven by pride of self unconsciously
blind themselves to their liabilities. Newcomers of this sort scarcely need
comforting. The problem is to help them discover a chink in the walls their ego
has built, through which the light of reason can
shine."
<<< >>>
"The attainment of greater humility
is the foundation principle of each of A.A.'s Twelve Steps. For without some
degree of humility, no alcoholic can stay sober at all. Nearly all A.A.'s
have found, too, that unless they develop much more of this precious quality
than may be required just for sobriety, they still haven't much chance of
becoming truly happy. Without it, they cannot live to much useful purpose, or,
in adversity, be able to summon the faith that can meet any
emergency."
TWELVE AND TWELVE - 1. p. 46 - 2. p. 70
Copyright
1967
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
*~*^Big
Book
Quote^*~*
"Although
financial recovery is on the way for many of us, we found we could not place
money first. For us, material well-being always followed spiritual progress;
it never preceded."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th
Edition
The Family Afterward, pg. 127
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
We alcoholics were on a
merry-go-round, going round and round, and we couldn't get off. That
merry-go-round is a kind of hell on earth. In A.A., I got off that merry-go-round
by learning to stay sober. I pray to my Higher Power every morning to help me to
keep sober. And I get the strength from that Power to do what I could never do
with my own strength. I do not doubt the existence of that Power. We're not
speaking into a vacuum when we pray. That Power is there, if we will use it. Am
I off the merry-go-round of drinking for good?
Meditation for the
Day
I must remember that in
spiritual matters I am only an instrument. It is not mine to decide how or when
I am to act. God plans all spiritual matters. It is up to me to make myself fit
to do God's work. All that hinders my spiritual activity must be eliminated. I
can depend on God for all the strength I need to overcome those faults that are
blocks. I must keep myself fit, so that God can use me as a channel for His
spirit.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that my selfishness may not hinder my
progress in spiritual matters. I pray that I may be a good instrument for God to
work with.
Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012
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