Thoughts For The Day~*~Humility ^*^*^ October 27
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~A.A.
Thoughts
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Humility
"Moved by the spirit of anonymity, we try to give up
our natural desires for personal distinction as A.A. members both among
fellow alcoholics and before the general public. As we lay aside these
very human aspirations, we believe that each of us takes part in the
weaving of a protective mantle which covers our whole Society and under
which we may grow and work in unity. We are sure that humility, expressed by
anonymity, is the greatest safeguard Alcoholics Anonymous can ever
have."
c.1952 AAWS
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p.
187
Thought to Consider . . .
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but
thinking of yourself less.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
Restless, Irritable and Discontented
Grave Nature
The spark that
was to flare into the first A.A. group was struck at Akron, Ohio in June 1935,
during a talk between a New York stockbroker and an Akron physician. Six months
earlier, the broker had been relieved of his drink obsession by a sudden
spiritual experience, following a meeting with an alcoholic friend who had been
in contact with the Oxford Groups of that day. He had also been greatly helped
by the late Dr. William D. Silkworth, a New York specialist in alcoholism who is
now accounted no less than a medical saint by A.A. members, and whose story of the
early days of our Society appears in the next pages. From this doctor, the
broker had learned the grave nature of alcoholism. Though he could not accept
all the tenets of the Oxford Groups, he was convinced of the need for moral
inventory, confession of personality defects, restitution to those harmed,
helpfulness to others, and the necessity of belief in and dependence upon
God.
2001 AAWS Inc.
Alcoholics Anonymous, pages
xv-xvi
GLOBAL SHARING
The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety. These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.'s all around the globe.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151
The strength of Alcoholics Anonymous lies in the desire of each member and of each group around the world to share with other alcoholics their suffering and the steps taken to gain, and maintain, recovery. By keeping a conscious contact with my Higher Power, I make sure that I always nurture my desire to help other alcoholics, thus insuring the continuity of the wonderful fraternity of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*
People of Faith
"We who have traveled a path through agnosticism or atheism beg you to lay aside prejudice, even against organized religion. We have learned that, whatever the human frailties of various faiths may be, those faiths have given purpose and direction to millions. People of faith have a rational idea of what life is all about. Actually, we used to have no reasonable conception whatever. We used to amuse ourselves by cynically dissecting spiritual beliefs and practices, when we might have seen that many spiritually minded persons of all races, colors, and creeds were demonstrating a degree of stability, happiness, and usefulness that we should have sought for ourselves."
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 49
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
"When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is or He isn't."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
We Agnostics, pg. 53
*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
Seventh, I can help other alcoholics. I am of some use in the world. I have a purpose in life. I am worth something at last. My life has a direction and a meaning. All that feeling of futility is gone. I can do something worthwhile. God has given me a new lease on life so that I can help other alcoholics. He has let me live through all the hazards of my alcoholic life to bring me at last to a place of real usefulness in the world. He has let me live for this. This is my opportunity and my destiny. I am worth something! Will I give as much of my life as I can to A.A.?
Meditation for the Day
All of us have our own battle to win, the battle between the material view of life and the spiritual view. Something must guide our lives. Will it be wealth, pride, selfishness, and greed or will it be faith, honesty, purity, unselfishness, love, and service? Each one has a choice. We can choose good or evil. We cannot choose both. Are we going to keep striving until we win the battle? If we win the victory, we can believe that even God in His heaven will rejoice.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may choose the good and resist the evil. I pray that I will not be a loser in the battle for righteousness.
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