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Self-restraint

"Nothing pays off like restraint of tongue and pen. We must avoid quick-tempered criticism
and furious power-driven argument. The same goes for silent scorn. These are emotional booby traps
baited with pride and vengefulness. We can neither think nor act to good purpose
until the habit of self-restraint has become automatic."
Bill W., Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 91

Thought to Consider . . .

The Seven T's - Take Time To Think The Thing Through.

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ACTION
Any Change Toward Improving One's Nature

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Illness

From "Listening to the Wind":

"One day I got up as usual. The last thing I remember was feeling so shaky I could hardly stand up. I ate a tablespoon of honey, hoping it would give me the necessary sugar rush. The next conscious memory was the emergency room. They said I was suffering from malnutrition. I was nearly thirty pounds underweight. They had the audacity to ask how much I drank! What could that possibly have to do with anything?"

(c) Alcoholics Anonymous Fourth Edition 2001, pgs. 462-463  

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ENTERING A NEW DIMENSION

In the late stages of our drinking, the will to resist has fled.  Yet when we admit complete defeat and when we become entirely ready to try A.A. principles, our obsession leaves us and we enter a new dimension -- freedom under God as we understand Him.

AS BILL SEES IT, p.  283

I am fortunate to be among the ones who have had this awesome transformation in my life.  When I entered the doors of A.A., alone and desperate, I had been beaten into willingness to believe anything I heard.  One of the things I heard was, "This could be your last hangover, or you can keep going round and round."  The man who said this obviously was a whole lot better off than I.  I liked the idea of admitting defeat and I have been free ever since!  My heart heard what my mind never could: "Being powerless over alcohol is no big deal."  I'm free and I'm grateful!

©Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.©
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Essence of Growth

Let us never fear needed change. Certainly we have to discriminate between changes for worse and changes for better. But once a need becomes clearly apparent in an individual, in a group, or in A.A. as a whole, it has long since been found out that we cannot stand still and look the other way. The essence of all growth is a willingness to change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails.

GRAPEVINE, JULY 1965
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"'There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which
is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in
everlasting ignorance  that principle is contempt prior to investigation.'"

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Appendice II, Spiritual
Experience, pg. 568~
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A.A. Thought for the Day

I don't believe that A.A. works because I read it in a book or because I hear people say so. I believe it because I see people getting sober and staying sober. An actual demonstration is what convinces me. When I see the change in people, I can't help believing that A.A. works. We could listen to talk about A.A. an day and still not believe it, but when we see it work, we have to believe it. Seeing is believing. Do I see AA. work every day?

Meditation for the Day

Try saying "God bless her (or him)" of anyone who is in disharmony with you. Also say it of those who are in trouble through their own fault. Say it, willing that showers of blessings may fall upon them. Let God do the blessing. Leave to God the necessary correcting or disciplining. You should only desire blessing for them. Leave God's work to God. Occupy yourself with the task that He gives you to do. God's blessing will also break down all your own difficulties and build up all your successes.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may use God's goodness so that it will be a blessing to others.

I pray that I may accept God's blessing so that I will have harmony, beauty, joy, and happiness