Thoughts For The Day~*~Prayer ^*^*^ June 28
Transitions Daily
"In important matters there
was still considerable disagreement between the Eastern and the Midwestern
viewpoints. Our people out there were still active Oxford Group members, while
we in New York had withdrawn a year before. In Akron and vicinity they still
talked about the Oxford Groups absolutes: absolute honesty, absolute purity,
absolute unselfishness, and absolute love. This dose was found to be too rich
for New Yorkers, and we had abandoned the expressions. But all of us, East and
West, were placing increasing emphasis on Dr. Silkworth's expression describing
the alcoholic's dilemma: the obsession plus the allergy. By now we knew from
experience that the new prospect had to accept Step One or get no
place."
2001 AAWS, Inc.
Alcoholics
Anonymous Comes of Age, pgs. 160-61
*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*
Coping with Anger
"Few people have been more victimized by resentments than have we
alcoholics. A burst of temper could spoil a day, and a well-nursed grudge could
make us miserably ineffective. Nor were we ever skillful in separating justified
from unjustified anger. As we saw it, our wrath was always justified. Anger,
that occasional luxury of more balanced people, could keep us on an emotional
jag indefinitely. These 'dry benders' often led straight to the bottle."
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"Nothing pays off like restraint of tongue and pen.
We must avoid quick-tempered criticism, furious power-driven argument,
sulking, and silent scorn. These are emotional booby traps baited with pride and
vengefulness. When we are tempted by the bait, we should train ourselves to step
back and think. We can neither think nor act to good purpose until the habit of
self-restraint has become automatic."
TWELVE AND TWELVE - 1. P. 90 - 2. P.
91
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
". . . we aren't a glum lot. If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our
existence, they wouldn't want it. We absolutely insist on enjoying
life."
Alcoholics Anonymous 4th Edition
The
Family Afterward, pg. 132
*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
You can prove to yourself that life is basically and fundamentally an inner attitude. Just try to remember what troubled you most a week ago. You probably will find it difficult to remember. Why then should you unduly worry or fret over the problems that arise today? Your attitude toward them can be changed by putting yourself and your problems in God's hands and trusting Him to see that everything will turn out all right, provided you are trying to do the right thing. Your changed mental attitude toward your problems relieves you of their burden and you can face them without fear. Has my mental attitude changed?
Meditation for the Day
You cannot see the future. It's a blessing that you cannot. You could not bear to know all the future. That is why God only reveals it to you day by day. The first step each day is to lay your will before God as an offering, ready for God to do what is best for you. Be sure that, if you trust God, what He does for you will be for the best. The second step is to be confident that God is powerful enough to do anything He wills, and that no miracle in human lives is impossible with Him. Then leave the future to God.
Prayer for the Day
I
pray that I may gladly leave my future in God's hands. I pray that I may be
confident that good things will happen, as long as I am on the right
path.
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