*~*^Just
For
Today!^*~*
"A body badly burned by alcohol does not often recover overnight nor do twisted thinking and depression vanish in a twinkling. We are convinced that a spiritual mode of living is a most powerful health restorative. We, who have recovered from serious drinking, are miracles of mental health. Hardly one of our crowd now shows any mark of dissipation.
But this does not mean that
we disregard human health measures. God has abundantly supplied this world with
fine doctors, psychologists, and practitioners of various kinds. Do not hesitate
to take your health problems to such persons."
2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth
Edition
Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 133
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
A police captain once told about
certain cases he had come across in his police work. The cause of the tragedy in
each case was drunkenness. He told his audience about a man who got into an
argument with his wife while he was drunk and beat her to death. Then he went
out and drank some more. The police captain also told about a woman who got too
near the edge of an old quarry hole when she was drunk and fell one hundred and
fifty feet to her death. When I read or hear these stories, do I think about our
motto: "But for the grace of God?"
Meditation for the
Day
I must keep balance
by keeping spiritual things at the center of my life. God will give me this
poise and balance if I pray for it. This poise will give me power in dealing
with the lives of others. This balance will manifest itself more and more in my
own life. I should keep material things in their proper place and keep spiritual
things at the center of my life. Then I will be at peace amid the distractions
of everyday living.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may dwell with
God at the center of my life. I pray that I may keep that inner peace at the
center of my being.
Hazelden
Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012