Thoughts For The Day~*~Forgive ^*^*^ November 27
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Forgive
"Just like you, I have often thought myself the victim of what
other people say and do. Yet every time I confessed the sins of such people,
especially those whose sins did not correspond exactly with my own, I found
that I only increased the total damage . . . Under very trying circumstances, I
have had, again and again, to forgive others - also myself. Have you recently
tried this?"
Bill W., Letter,
1946
c. 1967 AAWS, As Bill Sees
It, p. 268
Thought to Consider . . .
Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
F E E L
Feel, Experience, Express, Let
go!
*~*^Just For Today!^*~*
The holiday season can be difficult for many A.A.s, especially the
newcomer. The pressure to drink may feel overwhelming when it seems all the
world is hoisting glasses in one toast after another. At these times, the
prospect of the usual round of holiday parties can be as inviting as a stroll
in a minefield to the alcoholic struggling to stay away from the first
drink.
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The A.A. group, though, can be a
refuge. Meeting marathons provide a safe place for recovering alcoholics who
are on their own, as well as those looking for a break from family
festivities. Some groups schedule dances or potluck dinners, providing a place
to congregate and celebrate in sober fellowship.
It's safe to say that A.A. group celebrations are held in most
parts of the world, wherever seasonal festivities are celebrated. Large or
small, in remote rural areas or big cities, the sharing and hospitality always
center on a regular A.A. meeting. But the styles of group gatherings are as
varied as the members and regional customs dictate.
2003 AAWS Inc. Box 459,
49(6):2
*^Daily
Reflections^*
THE PERILS OF THE LIMELIGHT
In the beginning,
the press could not understand our refusal of all personal publicity. They
were genuinely baffled by our insistence upon anonymity. Then they got the
point. Here was something rare in the world - a society which said it wished
to publicize its principles and its work, but not its individual members. The
press was delighted with this attitude. Ever since, these friends have
reported A.A. with an enthusiasm which the most ardent members would find hard
to match.
TWELVE STEPS AND
TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 182
It
is essential for my personal survival and that of the Fellowship that I not
use A.A. to put myself in the limelight. Anonymity is a way for me to
work on my humility. Since pride is one of my most dangerous
shortcomings, practicing humility is one of the best ways to overcome
it. The Fellowship of A.A. gains worldwide recognition by its various
methods of publicizing its principles and its work, not by its individual
members advertising themselves. The attraction created by my changing
attitudes and my altruism contributes much more to the welfare of A.A. than
self-promotion.
Copyright
1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
*~*^As Bill Sees
It^*~*
The Great
Fact
"We realize we know only a
little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your
morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The
answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot
transmit something you haven't got. See to it that your relationship with Him
is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others.
This is the great fact for us. To the Newcomer: Abandon yourself to God as you
understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the
wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be
with you in the fellowship of the spirit, and you will surely meet some of us
as you trudge the road of happy destiny. May God bless you and keep you -
until then."
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 164
*~*^Big Book
Quote^*~*
"On awakening
let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the
day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking
that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. Under
these conditions we can employ our mental faculties with assurance, for after
all God gave us brains to use. Our thought-life will be placed on a much
higher plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives."
Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg.
86
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
The way of A.A. is the way of sobriety, fellowship,
service, and faith. Let us take up each one of these things and see if our
feet are truly on the way. The first and greatest to us is sobriety. The
others are built on sobriety as a foundation. We could not have the others if
we did not have sobriety. We all come to A.A. to get sober, and we stay to
help others get sober. We are looking for sobriety first, last, and all the
time. We cannot build any decent kind of a life unless we stay sober. Am I on
the A.A. way?
Meditation for the
Day
To truly desire to do God's will,
therein lies happiness for a human being. We start out wanting our own way. We
want our wills to be satisfied. We take and we do not give. Gradually we find
that we are not happy when we are selfish, so we begin to make allowances for
other people's wills. But this again, does not give us full happiness, and we
begin to see that the only way to be truly happy is to try to do God's will.
In these times of meditation, we seek to get guidance so that we can find
God's will for us.
Prayer for the
Day
I pray that I may subordinate my
will to the will of God. I pray that I may be guided today to find His will
for me.
Hazelden Foundation
PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012
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