~A.A.
Thoughts
For
The
Day~
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Resentment
Resentment is the "number one" offender. It
destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of
spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically
ill, we have been spiritually sick. When the spiritual malady is
overcome, we straighten our mentally and physically. In dealing with
resentments, we set them on paper. We listed people, institutions or
principles with whom we were angry. We asked ourselves why we were
angry. In most cases it was found that our self-esteem, our pocketbooks,
our ambitions, our personal relationships (including sex) were hurt or
threatened.
c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, pp.
64-5
Thought
to Consider . . .
Resentment is like taking poison
and waiting for the other person to die.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
P A C E
Positive Attitudes Change
Everything.
*~*^Just
For
Today!^*~*
Reborn
From "Riding the
Rods":
"That was two years ago. The
way has not been easy. The new way of life was strange at first, but all my
thoughts were on it. The going was sometimes slow; halting were my steps
among the difficulties of the path. But always, when troubles came, when doubts
assailed and temptation was strong and the old desire returned, I knew where to
go for aid. Helping others also strengthened me and helped me to
grow."
2005, AAWS, Inc.
Experience, Strength & Hope,
pg.
74
*^Daily
Reflections^*
A THANKFUL HEART
I try to hold fast to the
truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When
brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love,
the finest emotion that we can ever know.
AS BILL SEES IT, p.
37
My sponsor told me that I should be a grateful alcoholic and always have
"an attitude of gratitude" - that gratitude was the basic ingredient of
humility, that humility was the basic ingredient of anonymity and that
"anonymity was the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us
to place principles before personalities." As a result of this guidance, I start
every morning on my knees, thanking God for three things: I'm alive, I'm sober,
and I'm a member of Alcoholics Anonymous. Then I try to live an "attitude
of gratitude" and thoroughly enjoy another twenty-four hours of the A.A. way of
life. A.A. is not something I joined; it's something I
live.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
WORLD SERVICES, INC.
*~*^As
Bill
Sees
It^*~*
Seeking Guidance
"Man is supposed to think, and act. He
wasn't made in God's image to be an automaton. My own formula along this
line runs as follows: First, think through every situation pro and con, praying
meanwhile that I be not influenced by ego considerations. Affirm that I would
like to do God's will. Then, having turned the problem over in this fashion
and getting no conclusive or compelling answer, I wait for further guidance,
which may come into the mind directly or through other people or through
circumstances. If I feel I can't wait, and still get no definite indication,
I repeat the first measure several times, try to pick out the best course, and
then proceed to act. I know if I am wrong, the heavens won't fall. A lesson will
be learned, in any case."
LETTER, 1950
Copyright 1967
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
*~*^Big
Book
Quote^*~*
"Most alcoholics owe money. We do not dodge our
creditors. Telling them what we are trying to do, we make no bones about our
drinking; they usually know it anyway, whether we think so or not. Nor are
we afraid of disclosing our alcoholism on the theory it may
cause financial harm. Approached in this way, the most ruthless
creditor will sometimes surprise us. Arranging the best deal we can we
let these people know we are sorry. Our drinking has made us slow
to pay. We must lose our fear of creditors no matter how far we have to
go, for we are liable to drink if we are afraid to face
them."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
Into Action, pg.
78
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
When we came to our first A.A. meeting, we
looked up at the wall at the end of the room and saw the sign: "But for the
grace of God." We knew right then and there that we would have to call on the
grace of God in order to get sober and get over our soul sickness. We heard
speakers tell how they had come to depend on a Power greater than themselves.
That made sense to us and we made up our minds to try it. Am I depending on the
grace of God to help me stay sober?
Meditation for the
Day
Share your love, your joy, your happiness,
your time, your food, your money gladly with all. Give out all the love you can
with a glad, free heart and hand. Do all you can for others and back will come
countless stores of blessings. Sharing draws others to you. Take all who come as
sent by God and give them a royal welcome. You may never see the results of your
sharing. Today they may not need you, but tomorrow may bring results from the
sharing you did today.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I
may make each visitor desire to return. I pray that I may never make anyone feel
repulsed or unwanted.
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