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Compromise
"One
qualification for a useful life is 'give-and-take,'
the ability to
compromise cheerfully.
Compromise comes hard to
us 'all-or-nothing' drunks. Nevertheless we must never lose sight of the fact
that progress is nearly
always characterized by a
series of improving compromises.
There are circumstances
in which it is necessary to
stick flat-footed to one's convictions.
Deciding when to
compromise and
when not to compromise always calls for
the most careful
discrimination."
Bill W., Twelve Concepts
for World Service, pp. 39-40
As Bill Sees It, p. 59
Thought to Consider . . .
Wisdom
in its purest form is sometimes knowing
what to overlook.
*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
Behavior, Attitude, Thinking, and Habits
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Inspiration
From
"Alcoholics Anonymous Number Three":
"I thought, I think
I have the answer. Bill was very, very grateful that he had been released from
this terrible thing and he had given God the credit for having done it, and
he's so grateful about it he wants to tell other people about it. That
sentence, 'The Lord has been so wonderful to me, curing me of this terrible
disease, that I just want to keep telling people about it,' has been a sort of
a golden text for the A.A. program and for me."
(c) 2001
AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 191
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~*
A GREAT PARADOX
These legacies of suffering
and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other.
This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim
that today animates A.A.'s all around the globe.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE
TRADITIONS, P. 151
The
great paradox of A.A. is that I know I cannot keep the precious gift of
sobriety unless I give it away.
My primary purpose is to
stay sober. In A.A. I have no other goal, and
the importance of this is a matter of life or death for me. If I veer
from this purpose I lose. But A.A. is not only for me; it is for the
alcoholic who still suffers. The legions of recovering alcoholics stay
sober by sharing with fellow alcoholics. The way to my recovery is to
show others in A.A. that when I share with them, we both grow in the grace of
the Higher Power, and both of us are on the road to a happy destiny.
(c)Copyright
1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.(c)
*~*~*~*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*~*~*~*
Word of Mouth
"In
my view, there isn't the slightest objection to groups who wish to remain
strictly anonymous, or to people who think they would not like their membership
in A.A. known at all. That is their business, and this is a very natural
reaction.
"However, most
people find that anonymity to this degree is not necessary, or even desirable.
Once one is fairly sober, and sure of this, there seems no reason for failing
to talk about A.A. membership in the right places. This has a tendency to bring
in other people. Word of mouth is one of our most important communications.
"So we should
criticize neither the people who wish to remain silent, nor even the people who
wish to talk too much about belonging to A.A., provided they do not do so at
the public level and thus compromise our whole Society."
LETTER, 1962
*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"In dealing with resentments, we set them on paper. We
listed
people, institutions or
principles with whom we were angry. We asked
ourselves why we were
angry. In most cases it was found that our
self-esteem, our
pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal
relationships,(including sex) were hurt or threatened."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 64~
*~*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*~*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
The A.A. program is one of faith because we find that we must
have faith in a Power greater than ourselves if we are going to get sober.
We're helpless before alcohol, but when we turn our drink problem over to God
and have faith that He can give us all the strength we need, then we have the
drink problem licked. Faith in that Divine Principle in the universe which we
call God is the essential part of the A.A. program. Is faith still strong in
me?
Meditation for the Day
Each one of us is a child of God, and as such, we are full of
the promise of spiritual growth. A young person is like the springtime of the
year. The full time of the fruit is not yet, but there is promise of the
blossom. There is a spark of the Divine in every one of us. Each has some of
God's spirit that can be developed by spiritual exercise. Know that your life
is full of glad promise. Such blessings can be yours, such joys, such wonders, as
long as you develop in the sunshine of God's love.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may develop the divine spark within me.
I pray that by so doing I may fulfill the promise of a more abundant life