~A.A.
Thoughts For
The
Day~
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Faith
We had seen spiritual release, but liked to tell ourselves
it wasn't true. Actually, we were fooling ourselves, for deep down in
every man, woman, and child, is the fundamental idea of God. It may be
obscured by calamity, by pomp, by worship of other things, but in some
form or other it is there. For faith in a Power greater than
ourselves, and miraculous demonstrations of that power in human
lives, are facts as old as man himself.
c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p.
55
Thought
to Consider . . .
We found
the Great Reality deep down within us.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
F A I T H = Found Always In Trusting
Him.
*~*^Just
For
Today!^*~*
HP?
Step Two: Came to believe
that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
"You can, if you wish, make
A.A. itself your 'higher power.' Here's a very large group of people who have
solved their alcohol problem. In this respect they are certainly a power greater
than you, who have not even come close to a solution. Surely you can have faith
in them. Even this minimum of faith will be enough. You will find many members
who have crossed the threshold just this way. All of them will tell you that,
once across, their faith broadened and deepened. Relieved of the alcohol
obsession, their lives unaccountably transformed, they came to believe in a
Higher Power, and most of them began to talk of God."
1952, AAWS, Inc.; Printed
2005
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pgs.
27-28
*^Daily
Reflections^*
"THE ROOT OF OUR TROUBLES"
Selfishness -- self-centeredness! That,
we think, is the root of our troubles.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.
62
How amazing the revelation that the world, and everyone in
it, can get along just fine with or without me. What a relief to
know that people, places and things will be perfectly okay without my control
and direction. And how wordlessly wonderful to come to believe that a
power greater than me exists separate and apart from myself. I believe
that the feeling of separation I experience between me and God will one day
vanish. In the meantime, faith must serve as the pathway to the center of
my life.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC.
*~*^As
Bill
Sees
It^*~*
How Much Anonymity?
As a rule, the average newcomer wanted
his family to know immediately what he was trying to do. He also wanted to tell
others who had tried to help him - his doctor, his minister, and close friends.
As he gained confidence, he felt it right to explain his new way of life to his
employer and business associates. When opportunities to be helpful came along,
he found he could talk easily about A.A. to almost anyone. These quiet
disclosures helped him to lose his fear of the alcoholic stigma, and spread the
news of A.A.'s existence in his community. Many a new man and woman came to A.A.
because of such conversations. Since it is only at the top public level that
anonymity is expected, such communications were well within its
spirit.
TWELVE AND TWELVE, pp. 185-186
Copyright 1967
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc
*~*^Big
Book
Quote^*~*
"We realized that the people
who wronged us were perhaps spiritually sick. Though we did not like their
symptoms and the way these disturbed us, they, like ourselves, were sick too.
We asked God to help us show them the same tolerance, pity, and patience that
we would cheerfully grant a sick friend. When a person offended we said to
ourselves, 'This is a sick man. How can I be helpful to him? God save me from
being angry. Thy will be done.'"
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
How It Works, pg.
66
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
As we look back on all those
troubles we used to have when we were drinking, the hospitals, the jails, we
wonder how we could have wanted that kind of a life. As we look back on it now,
we see our drinking life as it really was and we're glad we're out of it. So
after a few months in A.A., we find that we can honestly say that we want
something else more than drinking. We've learned by experience that a sober life
is really enjoyable and we wouldn't go back to the old drunken way of living for
anything in the world. Do I want to keep sober a lot more than I want to get
drunk?
Meditation for the Day
My spiritual life depends on an inner
consciousness of God. I must be led in all things by my consciousness of God and
I must trust Him in all things. My consciousness of God will always bring peace
to me. I will have no fear, because a good future lies before me as long as I
keep my consciousness of God. if in every single happening, event, and plan I am
conscious of God, then no matter what happens, I will be safe in God's hands.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that
I may always have this consciousness of God. I pray for a new and better life
through this God consciousness.
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55012
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