"When we catch self-pity
starting, we also can take action against it with instant bookkeeping. For every
entry of misery on the debit side, we find a blessing we can mark on the credit
side. What health we have, what illnesses we don't have, the sunny weather, a
good meal a-coming, limbs intact, kindnesses shown and received, a sober 24
hours, a good hour's work, a good book to read, and many other items can be
totaled up to outbalance the debit entries that cause
self-pity."
1998 AAWS, Inc.; Living
Sober, p. 58
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
"Outsiders are
sometimes shocked when we burst into merriment over a seemingly tragic
experience out of the past. But why shouldn't we laugh? We have recovered, and
have been given the power to help others."
Alcoholics Anonymous 4th Edition
The Family
Afterward, pg. 132
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
The satisfaction you get out of
living a sober life is, made up of a lot of little things, but they add up to a
satisfactory and happy life. You take out of life what you put into it. So I'd
say to people coming into A.A., "Don't worry about what life will be like
without liquor. Just hang in there and a lot of good things will happen to you.
And you'll have that feeling of quiet satisfaction and peace and serenity and
gratitude for the grace of God." Is my life becoming really worth living?
Meditation for the Day
There are two paths, one up and one down. We have been given free will to
choose either path. We are captains of our souls to this extent only. We can
choose the good or the bad. Once we have chosen the wrong path, we go down and
down, eventually to death. But if we choose the right path, we go up and UP,
until we come to the resurrection day. On the wrong path, we have no power for
good because we do not choose to ask for it. But on the right path, we are on
the side of good and we have all the power of God's spirit behind us.
Prayer for the
Day
I pray that
I may be in the stream of goodness. I pray that I may be on the right side, on
the side of all good in the universe.
Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center
City, MN 55012