Thoughts For The Day~*~Single Purpose ^*^*^ October 8
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Single Purpose
"We enjoy certain advantages which should make our task of self-restraint relatively easy. There is really no good reason for anyone to object if a great many drunks get sober. Nearly everyone can agree that this is a good thing. If, in the process, we are forced to develop a certain amount of honesty, humility, and tolerance, who is going to kick about that? If we recognize that religion is the province of the clergy and the practice of medicine is for doctors, we can helpfully cooperate with both. Certainly there is little basis for controversy in these areas. It is a fact that A.A. has not the slightest reform or political complexion. We try to pay our own expenses, and we strictly mind our single purpose."
Bill. W.
c.1962 AAWS
Twelve Concepts for World Service, 26th printing, p. 69
Thought to Consider . . .
While it isn't always easy, if I keep it simple, it works.
G O D
Group Of Drunks
*~*^Just For Today!^*~*
2001 AAWS Inc.
Alcoholics Anonymous, page 451
DAILY INVENTORY
. . . and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59
I was beginning to approach my new life of sobriety with unaccustomed enthusiasm. New friends were cropping up and some of my battered friendships had begun to be repaired. Life was exciting, and I even began to enjoy my work, becoming so bold as to issue a report on the lack of proper care for some of our clients. One day a co-worker informed me that my boss was really sore because a complaint, submitted over his head, had caused him much discomfort at the hands of his superiors. I knew that my report had created the problem, and began to feel responsible for my boss's difficulty. In discussing the affair, my co-worker tried to reassure me that an apology was not necessary, but I soon became convinced that I had to do something, regardless of how it might turn out. When I approached my boss and owned up to my hand in his difficulties, he was surprised. But unexpected things came out of our encounter, and my boss and I were able to agree to interact more directly and effectively in the future.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
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Bill
Sees
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Ourselves as Individuals
There is only one sure test of all spiritual experiences: "By
their fruits, ye shall know them." This is why I think we should question no
one's transformation - whether it be sudden or gradual. Nor should we demand
anyone's special type for ourselves, because experience suggests that we are apt
to receive whatever may be the most useful for our own needs.
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Human beings are
never quite alike, so each of us, when making an inventory, will need to
determine what his individual character defects are. Having found the shoes that
fit, he ought to step into them and walk with new confidence that he is at last
on the right track.
1. GRAPEVINE, JULY 1962
2. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 48
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Book
Quote^*~*
"Though there is no way of
proving it, we believe that early in our drinking careers most of us could
have stopped drinking. But the difficulty is that few alcoholics have enough
desire to stop while there is yet time."
Alcoholics Anonymous 4th Edition
More About Alcoholism, pg.
32
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
There is such a thing as being too loyal to any one group. Do I
feel put out when another group starts and some members of my group leave it and
branch out into new territory or do I send them out with my blessing? Do I visit
that new offshoot group and help it alone? Or do I sulk in my own tent? A.A.
grows by the starting of new groups all the time. I must realize that its a good
thing for a large group to split up into smaller ones, even if it means that the
large group - my own group - becomes smaller. Am I always ready to help new groups?
Meditation for the Day
Pray and keep praying until it brings peace and serenity and a feeling
of communion with One who is near and ready to help. The thought of God is balm
for our hates and fears. In praying to God, we find healing for hurt feelings
and resentments. In thinking of God, doubts and fears leave us. Instead of those
doubts and fears, there will flow into our hearts such faith and love as is
beyond the power of material things to give, and such peace as the world can
neither give nor take away. And with God, we can have the tolerance to live and
let live.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may have true tolerance and understanding. I pray
that I may keep striving for these difficult
things.
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