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"No satisfaction has been deeper and no joy greater
than in a Twelfth Step job well done. To watch the eyes of men and women
open with wonder as they move from darkness into light, to see their
lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning, to see whole families
reassembled, to see the alcoholic outcast received back into his community
in full citizenship, and above all to watch these people awaken to the
presence of a loving God in their lives - these things are the
substance of what we receive as we carry A.A.'s message to the next
alcoholic."
c.1952 AAWS
Twelve Steps
and Twelve Traditions, p. 110
Thought to Consider . . .
A recovering alcoholic without a sponsor is much
like a ship without a rudder.
H E A R T
Healing, Enjoying, And Recovering, Together
*~*^Just For Today!^*~*
As we work the
first nine Steps, we prepare ourselves for the adventure of a new life. But when
we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use,
day by day, in fair weather or foul. Then comes the acid test: can we stay
sober, keep in emotional balance, and live to good purpose under all
conditions?
Twelve Steps and
Twelve Traditions, page 88
I know the Promises
are being fulfilled in my life, but I want to maintain and develop them by the
daily application of Step Ten. I have learned through this Step that if I am
disturbed, there is something wrong with me. The other person may be wrong too,
but I can only deal with my feelings. When I am hurt or upset, I have to
continually look for the cause in me, and then I have to admit and correct my
mistakes. It isn't easy, but as long as I know I am progressing spiritually, I
know that I can mark my effort up as a job well done. I have found that pain is
a friend; it lets me know there is something wrong with my emotions, just as a
physical pain lets me know there is something wrong with my body. When I take
the appropriate action through the Twelve Steps, the pain gradually goes
away.
1990 AAWS Inc.
Daily Reflections,
page 284
FIXING ME, NOT YOU
If somebody hurts us and we are sore, we are in the wrong also.
What a freedom I felt when this passage was pointed out to me! Suddenly I saw that I could do something about my anger, I could fix me, instead of trying to fix them. I believe that there are no exceptions to the axiom. When I am angry, my anger is always self-centered. I must keep reminding myself that I am human, that I am doing the best I can, even when that best is sometimes poor. So I ask God to remove my anger and truly set me free.
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*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*
"Powerless Over Alcohol"
"I had gone steadily downhill, and on that day in 1934 I lay upstairs in the hospital, knowing for the first time that I was utterly hopeless. Lois was downstairs, and Dr. Silkworth was trying in his gentle way to tell her what was wrong with me and that I was hopeless. 'But Bill has a tremendous amount of will power,' she said. 'He has tried desperately to get well. We have tried everything. Doctor, why can't he stop?' He explained that my drinking, once a habit, had become an obsession, a true insanity that condemned me to drink against my will."
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"In the late stages of our drinking, the will to resist has fled. Yet when we admit complete defeat and when we become entirely ready to try A.A. principles, our obsession leaves us and we enter a new dimension - freedom under God as we understand Him."
1. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 52
2. LETTER, 1966
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
"Despite all we can say, many who are real alcoholics are not going to believe they are in that class. By every form of self-deception and experimentation, they will try to prove themselves exceptions to the rule, therefore nonalcoholic. If anyone who is showing inability to control his drinking can do the right-about-face and drink like a gentleman, our hats are off to him. Heaven knows, we have tried hard enough and long enough to drink like other people!"
Alcoholics Anonymous 4th Edition
More About Alcoholism, pg. 31
*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
When new members come into my A.A. group, do I make a special effort to make them feel at home? Do I put myself out to listen to them, even if their ideas of A.A. are vague? Do I make it a habit to talk to all new members myself, or do I often leave that to someone else? I may not be able to help them, but then again it may be something that I might say that would put them on the right track. When I see any members sitting alone, do I put myself out to be nice to them, or do I stay among my own special group of friends and leave them out in the cold? Are all new A.A.'s my responsibility?
Meditation for the Day
You are God's servant. Serve Him cheerfully and readily. Nobody likes a servant who avoids extra work, who complains about being called from one task to do one less enjoyable. A master would feel ill served by such a servant. But is that not how you so often serve God? View your day's work in this light. Try to do your day's work the way you believe God wants you to do it, never shirking any responsibility and often going out of your way to be of service.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may be a good servant. I pray that I may be willing to go out of my way to be of service.
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