Thoughts For The Day~*~Anger ^*^*^ December 13
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Anger
It is a spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, there is something wrong with us. If somebody hurts us and we are sore, we are in the wrong also. But are there no exceptions to this rule? What about "justifiable" anger? If somebody cheats us, aren't we entitled to be mad? Can't we be properly angry with self-righteous folk? For us of A.A. these are dangerous exceptions. We have found that justified anger ought to be left to those better qualified to handle it.
c. 1952 AAWS
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 90
Thought to Consider . . .
Anger is the hot wind that extinguishes the light of reason.
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"Then in one of our larger centers the amazing story got around that the Foundation and the New York office and the book Alcoholics Anonymous were nothing but a huge racket. They had heard that the book Alcoholics Anonymous was making vast sums of money, that Dr. Bob and I [Bill W.] shared profits of $64,000 the year before.
The investigating committee's accountant read our modest financial statement aloud and testified to its correctness. The committee was crestfallen and we received an apology.
This was one of the test
cases out of which A.A.'s Tradition respecting professionalism and paid workers
was evolved. It was certain that I could not continue full time nor Bob devote
more than half his working hours to A.A. unless we both had some definite source
of steady income. That would be contrary to the then-forming Tradition of
no contributions from the outside world.
2001 AAWS Inc.
Alcoholics
Anonymous Comes of Age, pgs.
193-194
THINKING OF OTHERS
Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 20
Thinking of others has never come easily to me. Even when I try to work the A.A. program, I'm prone to thinking, "How do I feel today. Am I happy, joyous and free?"
The program tells me that my thoughts must reach out to those around me: "Would that newcomer welcome someone to talk to?" "That person looks a little unhappy today, maybe I could cheer him up." It is only when I forget my problems, and reach out to contribute something to others that I can begin to attain the serenity and God-consciousness I seek.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
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Bill
Sees
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Random Quote - Time Versus Money
"Our attitude toward the giving of time
when compared with our attitude toward giving money presents an interesting
contrast. We give a lot of our time to A.A. activities for our own protection
and growth, but also for the sake of our groups, our areas, A.A. as a whole,
and, above all, the newcomer. Translated into terms of money, these collective
sacrifices would add up to a huge sum. But when it comes to the actual
spending of cash, particularly for A.A. service overhead, many of us are apt to
turn a bit reluctant. We think of the loss of all that earning power in our
drinking years, of those sums we might have laid by for emergencies or for
education of the kids. In recent years, this attitude is everywhere on the
decline; it quickly disappears when the real need for a given A.A. service
becomes clear. Donors can seldom see what the exact result has been. They well
know, however, that countless thousands of other alcoholics and their families
are being helped."
TWELVE CONCEPTS, pp. 64-65
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Book
Quote^*~*
"If we are sorry for what we
have done, and have the honest desire to let God take us to better things, we
believe we will be forgiven and will have learned our lesson. If we are not
sorry, and our conduct continues to harm others, we are quite sure to drink.
We are not theorizing. These are facts out of our
experience."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th
Edition
How It Works, pg.
70
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Four
Hours A
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A.A. Thought for the Day
We come
now to A.A. fellowship. It is partly group therapy. It is partly spiritual
fellowship. But it is even more. It is based on a common illness, a common
failure, a common problem. It goes deep down into our personal lives and our
personal needs. It requires a full opening up to each other of our inmost
thoughts and most secret problems. All barriers between us are swept aside. They
have to be. Then we try to help each other get well. The A.A. fellowship is
based on a sincere desire to help each other get well. The A.A. fellowship is
based on a sincere desire to help the other person. In A.A. we can be sure of
sympathy, understanding, and real help. These things make the A.A. fellowship
the best that we know. Do I fully appreciate the depth of the A.A. fellowship?
Meditation for the Day
The Higher Power can guide us to the right
decisions if we pray about them. We can believe that many details of our lives
are planned by God and planned with a wealth of forgiving love for the mistakes
we have made. We can pray today to be shown the right way. We can choose the
good, and when we choose it, we can feel that the whole power of the universe is
behind us. We can achieve a real harmony with God's purpose for our lives.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may choose aright today. I pray
that I may be shown the right way to live today.
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