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Selfishness
"Selfishness
- self-centeredness! That, we
think, is the root of our troubles.
Driven by a hundred
forms of fear, self-delusion,
self-seeking, and self-pity,
we step on the toes of
our fellows and they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us,
seemingly without
provocation, but
we invariably find that at some time in the past
we have made decisions
based on self which
later placed us in a position to be hurt.
So our troubles, we
think, are
basically of our own making."
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 62
Thought to Consider . . .
Spirituality
is the ability
to get our minds off
ourselves.
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BUT
Being Unconvinced Totally
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Health
From
"The Family Afterward":
"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."
(c) 2001
AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 133
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~*
THE "NUMBER ONE OFFENDER"
Resentment
is the "number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics than
anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been
not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 64
As
I look at myself practicing the Fourth Step, it is easy to gloss over the wrong
that I have done, because I can easily see it as a question of "getting
even" for a wrong done to me. If I continue to relive my old hurt,
it is a resentment and resentment bars the sunlight
from my soul. If I continue to relive hurts and hates, I will hurt and
hate myself. After years in the dark of resentments, I have found the
sunlight. I must let go of resentments; I cannot afford them.
(c)Copyright
1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.(c)
*~*~*~*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*~*~*~*
Our New Employer
We
had a new Employer. Being all powerful, He provided what we needed, if we kept
close to Him and performed His work well.
Established on such a
footing, we became less and less interested in ourselves, our little plans and
designs. More and more we became interested in seeing what we could contribute
to life. As
we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we
could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began
to lose our fear of today, tomorrow, or the hereafter. We were reborn.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, P. 63
*~*~*~*~*^ 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
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