*~*AACRONYMS*~*
"Men and women drink
essentially because they like the effect produced by alcohol. The sensation is
so elusive that, while they admit it is injurious, they cannot after a time
differentiate the true from the false. To them, their alcoholic life seems the
only normal one. They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless they can
again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a
few drinks - drinks which they see others taking with impunity. After they have
succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving
develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging
remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again. This is repeated over and
over, and unless this person can experience an entire psychic change there is
very little hope of his recovery."
2001, AAWS, Inc.
Alcoholics Anonymous, pages
xxviii-xxix
1. Complete
deflation.
2. Dependence and guidance from a Higher Power.
3. Moral Inventory.
4. Confession.
5.
Restitution.
6. Continued work with other alcoholics.
A.A. Thought For The Day
One of the
best things about the A.A. program is the peace of mind and serenity
that it can bring us. In our drinking days, we had no piece off
mind or serenity. We had the exact opposite, a kind of turmoil
and that "quiet desperation" we knew so well. The turmoil of our
drinking days was caused partly by our physical suffering, the terrible
hangovers, the cold sweats, the shakes and the jitters. But it was
caused even more by our mental suffering, the loneliness, the feeling
of inferiority, the lying, the remorse that every
alcoholic understands. Have I achieved more peace of mind?
Meditation For The
Day
Try to look for God's leading in all
your personal relationships, in all your dealings with other persons.
God will help you to take care of all your relationships with people, if you
are willing to let Him guide you. Rejoice that God can protect you and
keep you from temptation and failure. God can protect you in all
situations during the day, if you will rely on His strength and go forward.
You should feel that you are entering upon the stage of success
in the proper way of living. You should not doubt that better
things are ahead for you. Go forward unafraid because you feel
deeply safe under God's protection.
Prayer For The Day
I pray that God may protect
and keep me as long as I try to serve Him. I pray that I may go
forward today unafraid.
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