Thoughts For The Day~*~Honesty ^*^*^ May 26
Transitions Daily
~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~
"Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way. They are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty. Their chances are less than average. There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest."
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 58
Thought to Consider . . .
Every recovery from alcoholism began with one sober hour.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
GOD
Give Others Dignity
*~*^Just For Today!^*~*
"This
is perhaps difficult especially discussing our defects with another
person. We think we have done well enough in admitting these things to
ourselves. In actual practice, we usually find a solitary
self-appraisal insufficient. Many of us thought it necessary to go much
further. We will be more reconciled to discussing ourselves with another
person when we see good reasons why we should do so. The best reason
first: If we skip this vital step, we may not overcome drinking. Time
after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts
about their lives. Almost invariably they got drunk. Having persevered
with the rest of the program, they wondered why they fell. We think the
reason is that they never completed their housecleaning. They
took inventory all right, but hung on to some of the worst items in
stock. They only thought they had lost their egoism and fear; they only thought they
had humbled themselves. But they had not learned enough of humility,
fearlessness and honesty, in the sense we find it necessary, until they
told someone else all their life story."
2001 AAWS, Inc. Fourth Edition
Alcoholics Anonymous, pgs. 72-73
*^Daily Reflections^*
TURNING NEGATIVE TO POSITIVE
Our
spiritual and emotional growth in A.A. does not depend so deeply upon
success as it does upon our failures and setbacks. If you will bear
this in mind, I think that your slip will have the effect of kicking you
upstairs, instead of down.
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 184
In
keeping with the pain and adversity which our founders
encountered and overcame in establishing A.A., Bill W. sent us a clear
message: a relapse can provide a positive experience toward abstinence
and a lifetime of recovery. A relapse brings truth to what we hear
repeatedly in meetings -- "Don't take that first drink!" It reinforces
the belief in the progressive nature of the disease, and it drives home
the need for, and beauty of, humility in our spiritual program. Simple
truths come in complicated ways to me when I become ego driven.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*
"Do as I Do..."
Perhaps
more often than we think, we make no contact at depth with alcoholics
who are suffering the dilemma of no faith. Certainly none are more
sensitive to spiritual cocksureness, pride, and aggression than they
are. I'm sure this is something we too often forget.
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In A.A.'s
first years, I all but ruined the whole undertaking with this sort
of unconscious arrogance. God as I understood Him had to be for
everybody. Sometimes my aggression was subtle and sometimes it was
crude. But either way it was damaging - perhaps fatally so - to numbers of
nonbelievers.
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Of course this sort of thing isn't confined to
Twelfth Step work. It is very apt to leak out into our relations with
everybody. Even now, I catch myself chanting that same old
barrier-building refrain: "Do as I do, believe as I do - or else!"
GRAPEVINE, APRIL 1961
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
"To
get over drinking will require a transformation of thought and attitude. We all had to place recovery above everything, for
without recovery we would have lost both home and business."
Alcoholics Anonymous, To Employers, pg. 143
*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
In
twelfth-step work, the fourth thing is conversion. Conversion means
change. Prospects must learn to change their way of thinking. Until
now, everything they've done has been connected with drinking. Now they
must face a new kind of life, without liquor. They must see and admit
that they cannot overcome drinking by their own willpower, so they must
turn to a Higher Power for help. They must start each day by asking this
Higher Power for the strength to stay sober. This conversion to belief
in a Higher Power comes gradually, as they try it and find that it
works. Do I care enough about other alcoholics to help them to make this
conversion?
Meditation for the Day
Discipline
of yourself is absolutely necessary before the power of God is given to
you. When you see others manifesting the power of God, you probably
have not seen the discipline that went before. They made themselves
ready. All your life is a preparation for more good to be accomplished
when God knows that you are ready for it. So keep disciplining yourself
in the spiritual life every day. Learn so much of the spiritual laws
that your life cannot again be a failure. Others will see the outward
manifestation of the inward discipline in your daily living.
Prayer for the Day
I
pray that I may manifest God's power in my daily living. I pray that I
may discipline myself so as to be ready to meet every opportunity.
Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012
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