Thoughts For The Day~*~Coping ^*^*^ January 17
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~A.A.
Thoughts
For
The
Day~
Thought to Consider . . .
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
Others *^Daily
Reflections^*
HAPPINESS COMES QUIETLY
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Coping(\ ~~ /)
( \(AA)/ )
(_ /AA\ _)
/ AA \
^*^*^*^*^
God
willing, we members of A.A. may never again have to deal with
drinking, but we have to deal with sobriety every day. How do we do it?
By learning - through practicing the Twelve Steps and through sharing
at meetings - how to cope with the problems that we looked to booze to
solve, back in our drinking days . . . We learn how to level out the
emotional swings that got us into trouble both when we were up and when
we were down.
c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 558
Thought to Consider . . .
The ankle-biters of everyday struggles will eat away at me unless I go to meetings and call my sponsor.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
R I D
Restless, Irritable and Discontented
*~*^Just
For
Today!^*~*Restless, Irritable and Discontented
Others
From "The Three Legacies of
Alcoholics Anonymous":
"We also had to determine
how best to co-operate with the press, radio, motion pictures, and more recently
television; how to deal with employers who wanted special help; what would be
the right attitude toward the field of alcohol education, research, and
rehabilitation, private and public.
"Finding answers to these
public relations puzzlers has been a long process. After much trial and error,
sometimes punctuated by painful mistakes, the attitudes and practices that would
work best for us emerged. The basic ones can be seen today in the A.A.
Traditions: 100 percent anonymity at the public level; no use of
the A.A. name for the benefit of other causes, however worthy; no endorsements
or alliances; the carrying of the message as the single purpose for Alcoholics
Anonymous; no professionalism; public relations by the principle of attraction
rather than promotion these were some of the hard-learned
lessons."
2001 AAWS, Inc.
Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pgs. 197-98
Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pgs. 197-98
HAPPINESS COMES QUIETLY
"The
trouble with us alcoholics was this: We demanded that the world give us
happiness and peace of mind in just the particular order we wanted to
get it - by the alcohol route. And we weren't successful. But when we
take time to find out some of the spiritual laws, and familiarize
ourselves with them, and put them into practice, then we do get
happiness and peace of mind. . . There seem to be some rules that we
have to follow, but happiness and peace of mind are always here, open
and free to anyone."
DR. BOB AND THE GOOD
OLDTIMERS, p. 308
The simplicity of the A.A. program teaches me that happiness isn't something I can "demand." It comes upon me quietly, while I serve others. In offering my hand to the newcomer or to someone who has relapsed, I find that my own sobriety has been recharged with indescribable gratitude and happiness.
Copyright 1990
The simplicity of the A.A. program teaches me that happiness isn't something I can "demand." It comes upon me quietly, while I serve others. In offering my hand to the newcomer or to someone who has relapsed, I find that my own sobriety has been recharged with indescribable gratitude and happiness.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC.
*~*^As
Bill
Sees
It^*~*
Toward Honesty
"The perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one permeates human affairs from top to bottom. This subtle and elusive kind of self-righteousness can underlie the smallest act or thought. Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaws is the essence of character-building and good living."
<<< >>>
"The deception of others is nearly always rooted in the deception of ourselves."
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"Somehow, being alone with God doesn't seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical. When we are honest with another person, it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves and with God."
1. TWELVE AND TWELVE, pp. 94-95
2. GRAPEVINE, AUGUST 1961
3. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 60
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
Toward Honesty
"The perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one permeates human affairs from top to bottom. This subtle and elusive kind of self-righteousness can underlie the smallest act or thought. Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaws is the essence of character-building and good living."
<<< >>>
"The deception of others is nearly always rooted in the deception of ourselves."
<<< >>>
"Somehow, being alone with God doesn't seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical. When we are honest with another person, it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves and with God."
1. TWELVE AND TWELVE, pp. 94-95
2. GRAPEVINE, AUGUST 1961
3. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 60
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
"Everybody knows that those in bad health, and those who seldom play, do not laugh much. So let each family play together or separately as much as their circumstances warrant. We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
The Family Afterward, pg. 132
*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
It doesn't do much good to come to meetings only once in a while and sit around, hoping to get something out of the program. That's all right at first, but it won't help us very long. Sooner or later we have to get into action by coming to meetings regularly, by giving a personal witness of our experience with alcohol, and by trying to help other alcoholics. Building a new life takes all the energy that we used to spend on drinking. Am I spending at least as much time and effort on the new life that I'm trying to build in A.A.?
Meditation for the Day
With God's help, I will build a protective screen around myself which will keep out all evil thoughts. I will fashion it out of my attitude toward God and my attitude toward other people. When one worrying or impatient thought enters my mind, I will put it out at once. I know that love and trust are the solvents for the worry and frets of life. I will use them to form a protective screen around me.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that frets and impatience and worry may not corrode my protective screen against all evil thoughts. I pray that I may banish all these from my life.
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