Thoughts For The Day~*~Freedom ^*^*^ December 21

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*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*

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Freedom

"Through A.A., we can experience freedom from self. After all, it was self (you, me) that stood in our own way, that ran the show and ran ourselves into bankruptcy, that hurt the ones we loved. All Twelve Steps of A.A. are designed  to kill the old self (deflate the old ego) and build a new, free self." 
1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 459

Thought to Consider . . . 

Within our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession. 

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

B S
Before Sobriety

*~*^Just For Today!^*~*

Honesty

From "Inner Voice"

"Long before nagging and pressures from others concerning my excessive use of alcohol made any impression on me, the nagging voice of conscience -my own inner voice of truth and right - apprised me of the irrevocable fact that I had lost control of alcohol, that I was powerless. I know now that the inner voice was God, as I understand Him, speaking. For, as I had been taught from earliest memory and as A.A. has emphasized, God - or good - emanates from within each of us."
Lakewood, Ohio, USA

1973 AAWS, Inc.
Came to Believe, 30th printing 2004, pg. 83

*^Daily Reflections^*

LISTEN, SHARE AND PRAY 

When working with a man and his family, you should take care not to participate in their quarrels. You may spoil your chance of being helpful if you do. 
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 100 

When trying to help a fellow alcoholic, I've given in to an impulse to give advice, and perhaps that's inevitable. But allowing others the right to be wrong reaps its own benefits. The best I can do - and it sounds easier than it is to put into practice - is to listen, share personal experience, and pray for others.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.

*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*

When and How to Give

"Men who cry for money and shelter as a condition of their sobriety are on the wrong track. Yet we sometimes do provide a new prospect with these very things - when it becomes clear that he is willing to place his recovery first. It is not whether we shall give that is the question, but when and how to give. Whenever we put our work on a material plane, the alcoholic commences to rely upon alms rather than upon a Higher Power and the A.A. group. He continues to insist that he cannot master alcohol until his material needs are cared for. Nonsense! Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: that, job or no job, wife or no wife, we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place material dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God."
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98

*~*^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

Have I ceased being inwardly defeated, at war with myself? Have I given myself freely to A.A. and to the Higher Power? Have I gotten over being sick inside? Am I still wandering mentally or am I "on the beam"? I can face anything if I am sure I am on the way. When I am sure, I should bet my life on A.A. I have learned how the program works. Now will I follow it with all I have, with all I can give, with all my might, with all my life? Am I going to let A.A. principles guide the rest of my life? 

Meditation for the Day

In this time of quiet meditation, follow the pressure of the Lord's leading. In all decisions to be made today, yield to the gentle pressure of your conscience. Stay or go as that pressure indicates. Take the events of today as part of God's planning and ordering. He may lead you to a right decision. Wait quietly until you have an inner urge, a leading, a feeling that a thing is right, a pressure on your will by the spirit of God. 

Prayer for the Day

I pray that today I may try to follow the inner pressure of God's leading. I pray that I may try to follow my conscience and do what seems right today.
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