Thoughts For The Day~*~Diagnosis ^*^*^ November 26
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Diagnosis
"We do not like to pronounce any individual as alcoholic, but you can quickly diagnose yourself. Step over to the nearest barroom and try some controlled drinking. Try to drink and stop abruptly. Try it more than once. It will not take long for you to decide, if you are honest with yourself about it. It may be worth a bad case of jitters if you get a full knowledge of your condition."
c. 1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 31-2
Thought to Consider . . .
If you want to quit drinking, you are going to have to quit drinking.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
D E A D
Drinking
Ends All Dreams
*~*^Just For Today!^*~*
In
working the steps, my life changed. I think differently
today; I feel different today. I am new. We have a sign
at the A.A. meetings I go to that says, "Expect a Miracle".
My sobriety is full of miracles. When my son filled out
an application for college, I filled one out too, and
was accepted. Soon I will be a senior and I have a 3.71
grade point average. Thanks to A.A., I have come a long
way from being near the bottom of my high school class.
It takes me a bit longer to read the material, so I have
a CCTV (I put my book under the camera and it comes out
in big print on a monitor). I have a talking calculator
that helped me get through statistics and a telescope
that can help me see the board. I accept help from the
disabled student services and gladly make use of the
volunteer note takers. I
learned to accept the things I could not change (in this
case my vision) and change the things I can (I could be
grateful for and accept the visual aids instead of being
embarrassed and rejecting them as I had when I was
younger).
2001 AAWS Inc.
Alcoholics
Anonymous, pages
380-381
THE HAZARDS OF PUBLICITY
People who symbolize causes and ideas fill a deep human need. We of A.A. do not question that. But we do have to soberly face the fact that being in the public eye is hazardous, especially for us.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 181
As a recovered alcoholic I must make an effort to put into practice the principles of the A.A. program, which are founded on honesty, truth and humility. While I was drinking I was constantly trying to be in the limelight. Now that I am conscious of my mistakes and of my former lack of integrity, it would not be honest to seek prestige, even for the justifiable purpose of promoting the A.A. message of recovery. Is the publicity that centers around the A.A. Fellowship and the miracles it produces not worth much more? Why not let the people around us appreciate by themselves the changes that A.A. has brought in us, for that will be a far better recommendation for the Fellowship than any I could make.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*
To Grow
Up
"Those adolescent urges that
so many of us have for complete approval, utter
security, and perfect romance - urges quite appropriate
to age seventeen - prove to be an impossible way of life
at forty-seven or fifty-seven. Since A.A. began, I've
taken huge wallops in all these areas because of my
failure to grow up, emotionally and
spiritually."
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"As
we grow spiritually, we find that our old attitudes
toward our instinctual drives need to undergo drastic
revisions. Our demands for emotional security and
wealth, for personal prestige and power all have to be
tempered and redirected. We learn that the full
satisfaction of these demands cannot be the sole end and
aim of our lives. We cannot place the cart before the
horse, or we shall be pulled backward into
disillusionment. But when we are willing to place
spiritual growth first - then and only then do we have a
real chance to grow in healthy awareness and mature
love."
1.
GRAPEVINE, JANUARY 1958
2. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p.
114
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
"There is a
principle which is a bar against all information,
which is proof against all arguments and which cannot
fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance , that
principle is contempt prior
to investigation."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
Appendice II, Spiritual Experience, pg.
568
*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*
A.A.
Thought for the Day
Continuing our
thoughts about the rewards that have come to us as a
result of our new way of living, we have found that we
have gotten rid of any of our fears, resentments,
inferiority complexes, negative points of view,
self-centeredness, criticism of others, over
sensitiveness, inner conflicts, the habits of
procrastination, undisciplined sex, wasting money,
boredom, false perfectionism, jealousy, and envy of
others. We are glad to be rid of our drinking, and we
are also very glad to be rid of these other things. We
can now go forward in the new way of life, as shown us
by A.A. Am I ready to go forward in the new
life?
Meditation for the
Day
"He that has
eyes to see, let him see." To the Seeing Eye, the world
is good. Pray for a Seeing Eye, to see the purpose of
God in everything good. Pray for enough faith to see
God's care in His dealings with you. Try to see how He
has brought you safely through your past life so that
now you can be of use in the world. With the eyes of
faith you can see God's care and purpose
everywhere.
Prayer for the
Day
I
pray that I may have a Seeing Eye. I pray that with the
eye of faith I may see God's purpose
everywhere.
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