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Powerless
"Most
certainly I was powerless over alcohol, and for me, my life had become
unmanageable. It wasn't how far I had gone, but where I was headed. It
was important to me to see what alcohol had done to me and would continue to
do if I didn't have help. At first it was a shock to realize I was an
alcoholic, but the realization that there was hope made it easier. The
baffling problem of getting drunk when I had every intention of staying
sober was simplified. It was a great relief to know I didn't have to
drink any more."
1976 AAWS, Alcoholics
Anonymous, p. 379
Thought
to Consider . . .
Just because I'm powerless does not mean that I am
helpless.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
H O P E
Happy Our Program Exists
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For Today!^*~*
Faith
From "God is Good":
"To go along
with this deep-seated belief in God, I have developed an enormous faith in God.
He is good. My understanding is that everything He sends my way is for my
benefit. But the growth of this understanding has taken time, as well as a
relinquishing of my resistance to change. I needed the trials and tribulations I
have had, so that I could surrender and give up self. Only in complete
acceptance of the utter defeat of my pride and ego could I begin to
win."
1973 AAWS Inc.
Came to
Believe, 30th printing 2004, pgs.
86-87
*^Daily
Reflections^*
CONFORMING TO THE A.A. WAY
We obey A.A.'s Steps and Traditions because we really want them for
ourselves. It is no longer a question of good or evil; we conform because
we genuinely want to conform. Such is our process of growth in unity and
function. Such is the evidence of God's grace and love among
us.
A.A.
COMES OF AGE, p. 106
It is fun to watch myself grow
in A.A. I fought conformity to A.A. principles from the moment I entered,
but I learned from the pain of my belligerence that, in choosing to live the
A.A. way of life, I opened myself to God's grace and love. Then I began to
know the full meaning of being a member of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC.