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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. 1967AAWS, 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 AAs, 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 AA 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 AA 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 AA 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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