Thoughts For The Day~*~The Group ^*^*^ October 25
Transitions Daily
~A.A.
Thoughts
For
The Day~
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The Group
"Over the years, every conceivable deviation from
our Twelve Steps and Traditions have been tried. That was sure to be, since
we are so largely a band of ego-driven individuals. Children of chaos, we
have defiantly played with every brand of fire, only to emerge unharmed
and, we think, wiser. These very deviations created a vast process of
trial and error, which, under the grace of God, has brought us to where we
stand today . . . We saw that the group, exactly like the individual, must
eventually conform to whatever tested principles would guarantee
survival."
c.1952 AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p.
146
Thought to Consider . . .
Working with alcoholics in committees is like
trying to herd cats.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
EGO
Easing God Out
*~*^Just
For
Today!^*~*
Business
"When they heard that the
book was making money, some of the cash subscribers, including even Charlie
Towns, began to get restless. They wanted to know why all of the profits of the
book were being spent to finance a Headquarters for A.A. We replied that there
was not any other way; would they like to see all those pleas for help thrown in
the wastebasket? But a few still insisted on getting their money back, and
something had to be done.
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"Therefore Ruth and I set
about making Works Publishing's first report to its stockholders. We outlined
the history of the book project and painted a rosy picture for the future. From
the mass of check stubs, old bills, and receipts we made an approximate
accounting. As I remember, the publishing company had shown a profit of about
$3,000, which had all been spent on A.A. work at the
office."
2001 AAWS, Inc.
Alcoholics
Anonymous Comes of Age, pg. 188
A.A.'s HEARTBEAT
Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; . . .
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 125
Without unity I would be unable to recover in A.A. on a daily basis. By practicing unity within my group, with other A.A. members and at all levels of this great Fellowship, I receive a pronounced feeling of knowing that I am a part of a miracle that was divinely inspired. The ability of Bill W. and Dr. Bob, working together and passing it on to other members, tells me that to give it away is to keep it. Unity is oneness and yet the whole Fellowship is for all of us.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*
A Mighty Beginning
Even the newest of newcomers finds undreamed rewards as he tries to help his brother alcoholic, the one who is even blinder than he. This is indeed the kind of giving that actually demands nothing. He does not expect his brother sufferer to pay him, or even to love him. And then he discovers that through the divine paradox of this kind of giving he has found his own reward, whether or not his brother has yet received anything. His own character may still be gravely defective, but he somehow knows that God has enabled him to make a mighty beginning, and he senses that he stands at the edge of new mysteries, joys, and experiences of which he had never before dreamed.
TWELVE AND TWELVE, pp. 109-110
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
"We have begun to comprehend their futility and their fatality. We have commenced to see their terrible destructiveness. We have begun to learn tolerance, patience and good will toward all men, even our enemies, for we look on them as sick people."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
How It Works, Pg. 70
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
Fifth, I
have learned to live one day at a time. I have finally realized the great fact
that all I have is now. This sweeps away all vain regret and it makes my
thoughts of the future free of fear. Now is mine. I can do what I want with it.
I own it, for better or worse. What I do now, in this present moment, is what
makes up my life. My whole life is only a succession of nows. I will take this
moment, which has been given to me by the grace of God, and I will do something
with it. What I do with each now will make me or break me. Am I living in the
now?
Meditation for the Day
We should
work at overcoming ourselves, our selfish desires and our self-centeredness.
This can never be fully accomplished. We can never become entirely unselfish.
But we can come to realize that we are not at the center of the universe and
that everything does not revolve around us at the center. I am only one cell in
a vast network of human cells. I can at least make the effort to conquer the
self-life and seek daily to obtain more and more of this self-conquest. "He that
overcomes himself is greater than he who conquers a city."
Prayer for the Day
I pray
that I may strive to overcome my selfishness. I pray that I may achieve the
right perspective of my position in the world.
Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176
Center City, MN 55012
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