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~A.A.
Thoughts
For
The Day~
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Practice
"God willing, we members of A.A. may never again have to deal
with drinking, but we do have to deal with sobriety every day. How do we
do it? By learning - through practicing the Twelve Steps and through
sharing at meetings - how to cope with the problems that we looked to
booze to solve, back in our drinking days."
c. 1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p.
560
Thought to Consider . . .
There's
no elevator, you have to take the Steps.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
S O B
Sober Old Bag
*~*^Just
For
Today!^*~*
Red
Flags
From:
"The Perpetual Quest"
Many years later, although alcohol is not part of my life and I no longer have the compulsion to drink, it can still occur to me what a good drink tastes like and what it can do for me, from my stand-at-attention alcoholic taste buds right down to my stretched out tingling toes. As my sponsor used to point out, such thoughts are like red flags, telling me that something is not right, that I am stretched beyond my sober limit. It's time to get back to basic A.A. and see what needs changing. That special relationship with alcohol will always be there, waiting to seduce me again. I can stay protected by continuing to be an active member of A.A.
2001 AAWS Inc.
Alcoholics Anonymous, pages
396-397
*^Daily
Reflections^*
MORNING THOUGHTS
Ask Him in your morning
meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 164
For many years I pondered over God's will for me, believing that
perhaps a great destiny had been ordained for my life. After all, having
been born into a specific faith, hadn't I been told early that I was
"chosen"? It finally occurred to me, as I considered the above
passage, that God's will for me was simply that I practice Step Twelve on a
daily basis. Furthermore, I realized I should do this to the best of my
ability. I soon learned that the practice aids me in keeping my life in
the context of the day at hand.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC.
*~*^As
Bill
Sees
It^*~*
Our Protective Mantle
Almost every newspaper reporter who covers A.A. complains, at
first, of the difficulty of writing his story without names. But he quickly
forgets this difficulty when he realizes that here is a group of people who care
nothing for acclaim. Probably this is the first time in his life he has ever
reported on an organization that wants no personalized publicity. Cynic though
he may be, this obvious sincerity quickly transforms him into a friend of
A.A.
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Moved by the spirit of anonymity, we try to give up
our natural desires for personal distinction as A.A. members, both among fellow
alcoholics and before the general public. As we lay aside these very human
aspirations, we believe that each of us takes part in the weaving of a
protective mantle which covers our whole Society and under which we may grow and
work in unity.
1. GRAPEVINE, MARCH 1946
2. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p.
187
*~*^Big
Book
Quote^*~*
"When you discover a prospect for Alcoholics
Anonymous, find out all you can about him. If he does not want to stop
drinking, don't waste time trying to persuade him. You may spoil a later
opportunity."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
Working With
Others, pg. 90
*^Twenty
Four
Hours
A Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
I am less critical of other people, inside and outside of A.A. I
used to run people down all the time. I realize now that it was because I wanted
unconsciously to build myself up. I was envious of people who lived normal
lives. I couldn't understand why I couldn't be like them. And so I ran them
down. I called them sissies or hypocrites. I was always looking for faults in
the other person. I loved to tear down what I called "a stuffed shirt" or "a
snob." I have found that I can never make a person any better by criticism. A.A.
has taught me this. Am I less critical of
people?
Meditation for the
Day
You must
admit your helplessness before your prayer for help will be heard by God. Your
own need must be recognized before you can ask God for the strength to meet that
need. But once that need is recognized, your prayer is heard above all the music
of heaven. It is not theological arguments that solve the problems of the
questing soul, but the sincere cry of that soul to God for strength and the
certainty of that soul that the cry will be heard and
answered.
Prayer for the
Day
I pray that I may send my
voiceless cry for help out into the void. I pray that I may feel certain that it
will be heard somewhere, somehow.
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