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Rewards
"The rewards of sobriety are
bountiful and as progressive as the disease they counteract. Certainly
among these rewards for me are release from the prison of uniqueness, and
the realization that participation in the A.A. way of life is a blessing and a
privilege beyond estimate - a blessing to live a life free from the pain
and degradation of drinking and filled with the joy of useful, sober
living, and a privilege to grow in sobriety one day at a time and bring
the message of hope as it was brought to me."
From the new Fourth Edition of
Alcoholics Anonymous
AA Grapevine, December 2001, p.
47
Thought to Consider . . .
We are not our thoughts, emotions, or urges.
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G I F T S
Getting It From The
Steps
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For
Today!^*~*
"When a man or a woman has a
spiritual awakening, the most important meaning of it is that he has now become
able to do, feel, and believe that which he could not do before on his unaided
strength and resources alone. He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new
state of consciousness and being. He has been set on a path which tells him he
is really going somewhere, that life is not a dead end, not something to be
endured or mastered."
1952 AAWS Inc. Printed 2005
Twelve Steps and Twelve
Traditions, pages.
106-07
INTO ACTION
A.A. is more than a set of principles; it is a society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven't been given the truth may die.
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 13
I desperately wanted to live, but if I was to succeed, I had to become active in our God-given program. I joined what became my group, where I opened the hall, made coffee, and cleaned up. I had been sober about three months when an old-timer told me I was doing Twelfth-Step work. What a satisfying realization that was! I felt I was really accomplishing something. God had given me a second chance, A.A. had shown me the way, and these gifts were not only free - they were also priceless! Now the joy of seeing newcomers grow reminds me of where I have come from, where I am now, and the limitless possibilities that lie ahead. I need to attend meetings because they recharge my batteries so that I have light when it's needed. I'm still a beginner in service work, but already I am receiving more than I'm giving. I can't keep it unless I give it away. I am responsible when another reaches out for help. I want to be there - sober.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
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Bill
Sees
It^*~*
Random Quote - Never the Same
Again
"It was discovered that when one alcoholic had planted
in the mind of another the true nature of his malady, that person could never be
the same again. Following every spree, he would say to himself, 'Maybe those
A.A.'s were right.' After a few such experiences, often before the onset of
extreme difficulties, he would return to us convinced."
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"In the first years, those of us who sobered up in
A.A. had been grim and utterly hopeless cases. But then we began to have success
with milder alcoholics and even some potential alcoholics. Younger folks
appeared. Lots of people turned up who still had jobs, homes, health, and even
good social standing. Of course, it was necessary for these newcomers to hit
bottom emotionally. But they did not have to hit every possible bottom in order
to admit that they were licked."
1. TWELVE AND TWELVE, pp. 23-24
2. A.A. COMES OF
AGE, p. 199
*~*^Big
Book
Quote^*~*
"So our troubles, we think,
are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the
alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually
doesn't think so."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th
Edition
How It Works, pg. 62
*^Twenty
Four
Hours A
Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
If we
allow an alcoholic thought to lodge in our minds for any length of time, we are
in danger of having a slip. Therefore we must dispel such thoughts at once, by
refusing their admittance and by immediately putting constructive thoughts in
their place. Remember that alcohol is poison to you. Remember that it is
impossible for you to drink normally. Remember that one drink will lead to
others and you will eventually be drunk. Remember what happened to you in the
past as a result of your drinking. Think of every reason you have learned in
A.A. for not taking that drink. Fill your mind with constructive thoughts. Am I
keeping my thoughts constructive?
Meditation for the Day
Always seek to set aside the valuations of the world that seem
wrong and try to judge only by those valuations that seem right to you. Do not
seek the praise and notice of the world. Be one of those who, though sometimes
scoffed at, have a serenity and peace of mind that the scoffers never know. Be
one of that band who feel the Divine Principle in the universe, though He be
often rejected because He cannot be seen.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that
I may not heed too much the judgment of the world. I pray that I may test things
by what seems right to me.
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