Thoughts For The Day~*~Prayer ^*^*^ April 21
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Prayer
"Common sense would thus become uncommon sense. I was to sit quietly when in doubt, asking only for direction and strength to meet my problems as He would have me. Never was I to pray for myself, except as my requests bore on my usefulness to others. Then only might I expect to receive. But that would be in great measure."
Bill W.
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 13
Thought to Consider . . .
I listen for direction now.
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H O P E
Hang On, Pray Everyday
*~*^Just For Today!^*~*
Assistance
"This is not to say that all
alcoholics are honest and upright when not drinking. Of course that isn't so,
and such people often may impose on you. Seeing your attempt to understand and
help, some men will try to take advantage of your kindness. If you are sure your
man does not want to stop, he may as well be discharged, the sooner the better.
You are not doing him a favor by keeping him on. Firing such an individual may
prove a blessing to him. It may be just the jolt he needs."
2001 AAWS, Inc. Fourth
Edition
Alcoholics Anonymous, pg.
141
CULTIVATING FAITH
"I don't think we can do anything very well in this world unless we practice it. And I don't believe we do A.A. too well unless we practice it. . . . We should practice . . . acquiring the spirit of service. We should attempt to acquire some faith, which isn't easily done, especially for the person who has always been very materialistic, following the standards of society today. But I think faith can be acquired; it can be acquired slowly; it has to be cultivated. That was not easy for me, and I assume that it is difficult for everyone else . . ."
DR. BOB AND THE GOOD OLDTIMERS
pp. 307-308
Fear is often the force that prevents me from acquiring and cultivating the power of faith. Fear blocks my appreciation of beauty, tolerance, forgiveness, service, and serenity.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
Surveying the Past
"We should make an accurate and really exhaustive survey of our past life as it has affected other people. In many instances we shall find that, though the harm done others has not been great, we have nevertheless done ourselves considerable emotional injury. Then, too, damaging emotional conflicts persist below the level of consciousness, very deep, sometimes quite forgotten. Therefore, we should try hard to recall and review those past events which originally induced these conflicts and which continue to give our emotions violent twists, thus discoloring our personalities and altering our lives for the worse."
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"We reacted more strongly to frustrations than normal people. By reliving these episodes and discussing them in strict confidence with somebody else, we can reduce their size and therefore their potency in the unconscious."
1. TWELVE AND TWELVE, PP. 79-80
2. LETTER, 1957
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
"When we became alcoholics,
crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to
fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is
nothing. God either is or He isn't."
Alcoholics Anonymous 4th Edition
We Agnostics, pg.
53
*^Twenty
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A.A. Thought for the Day
After we have been in A.A. for a
while, we find out that if we're going to stay sober, we have to be humble
people. The men and women in A.A. who have achieved sobriety are all humble
people. When I stop to think that but for the grace of God I might be drunk
right now, I can't help feeling humble. Gratitude to God for His grace makes me
humble. When I think of the kind of person I was not so long ago, when I think
of the person I left behind me, I have nothing to be proud of. Am I grateful and
humble?
Meditation for the Day
I
must arise from the death of sin and selfishness and put on a new life of
integrity. All the old sins and temptations must be laid in the grave and a new
existence rise from the ashes. Yesterday is gone. All my sins are forgiven if I
am honestly trying to do God's will today. Today is here, the time of
resurrection and renewal. I must start now, today, to build a new life of
complete faith and trust in God and a determination to do His will in all
things.
Prayer for the Day
I pray
that I may share in making the world a better place to live in. I pray that I
may do what I can to bring goodness a little nearer to the
earth.
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