Thoughts For The Day~*~Fellowship ^*^*^ August 5
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Fellowship
"The fellowship I found in A.A. enabled me to face my problem honestly and squarely. I couldn't do it among my relatives, I couldn't do it among my friends. No one likes to admit they're a drunk, that they can't control this thing. But when we come into A.A., we can face our problem honestly and openly. I went to closed meetings and open meetings. And I took everything that A.A. had to give me. It was at that point I reached surrender."
1976AAWS
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 340
Thought to Consider . . .
We honor the spirit in other people when we listen to them.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
H O W
Honest, Open-minded and Willing
*~*^Just For Today!^*~*
Everybody Gains
Tradition Eight: Alcoholics Anonymous
should remain nonprofessional, but our service
centers may employ special workers.
It is significant, now that
almost no A.A. in our Fellowship breaks anonymity at the public level, that
nearly all these fears have subsided. We see that we have no right or need to
discourage A.A.'s who wish to work as individuals in these wider fields. It
would be actually antisocial were we to forbid them. We cannot declare A.A. such
a closed corporation that we keep our knowledge and experience top secret. If an
A.A. member acting as a citizen can become a better researcher, educator,
personnel officer, then why not? Everybody gains, and we have lost nothing.
True, some of the projects to which A.A.'s have attached themselves have been
ill-conceived, but that makes not the slightest difference with the principle
involved.
1981 AAWS Inc.
Twelve Steps and Twelve
Traditions, page 171
LISTENING DEEPLY
How persistently we claim the right to decide all by ourselves just what we shall think and just how we shall act.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 37
If I accept and act upon the advice of those who have made the program work for themselves, I have a chance to outgrow the limits of the past. Some problems will shrink to nothingness, while others may require patient, well-thought-out action. Listening deeply when others share can develop intuition in handling problems which arise unexpectedly. It is usually best for me to avoid impetuous action. Attending a meeting or calling a fellow A. A. member will usually reduce tension enough to bring relief to a desperate sufferer like me. Sharing problems at meetings with other alcoholics to whom I relate, or privately with my sponsor, can change aspects of the positions in which I find myself. Character defects are identified and I begin to see how they work against me. When I put my faith in the spiritual power of the program, when I trust others to teach me what I need to do to have a better life, I find that I can trust myself to do what is necessary.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*
Hope Born from Hopelessness
Letter to Dr. Carl Jung:
"Most conversion experiences, whatever their variety, do have a common denominator of ego collapse at depth. The individual faces an impossible dilemma. "In my case the dilemma had been created by my compulsive drinking, and the deep feeling of hopelessness had been vastly deepened by my doctor. It was deepened still more by my alcoholic friend when he acquainted me with your verdict of hopelessness respecting Rowland H. "In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics. If each sufferer were to carry the news of the scientific hopelessness of alcoholism to each new prospect, he might be able to lay every newcomer wide open to a transforming spiritual experience. This concept proved to be the foundation of such success as A.A. has since achieved."
GRAPEVINE, JANUARY 1963
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
"More than most people, the alcoholic
leads a double life. He is very much the actor. To the outer world he
presents his stage character. This is the one he likes his fellows to see. He
wants to enjoy a certain reputation, but knows in his heart he doesn't
deserve it."
Alcoholics Anonymous
4th Edition, Into Action, pg.
73
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
We in A.A. are offering a
spiritual program. The fundamental basis of A.A. is belief in some Power
greater than ourselves. This belief takes us off the center of the universe
and allows us to transfer our problems to some power outside of
ourselves. We turn to this Power for the strength we need to get sober
and stay sober. We put our drink problem in God's hands and leave it there.
We stop trying to run our own life and seek to let God run it for us. Do I
do my best to give spiritual help?
Meditation for the Day
God is your
healer and your strength. You do not have to ask Him to come to you. He is
always with you in spirit. At your moment of need He is there to help you.
Could you know God's love and His desire to help you, you would know that He
needs no pleading for help. Your need is God's opportunity. You must
learn to rely on God's strength whenever you need it. Whenever you feel
inadequate to any situation, you should realize that the feeling of
inadequacy is disloyalty to God. Just say to yourself. I know that God is
with me and will help me to think and say and do the right thing,
Prayer for the
Day
I pray that I may never feel inadequate to any
situation. I pray that I may be buoyed up by the feeling that God is with
me.
Hazelden
Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN
55012
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