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Responsibility
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"Our spiritual way of life
is safe for future generations if,
as a Society, we resist
the temptation to receive money
from the outside world. But
this leaves us with a responsibility -
one that every member
ought to understand.
We cannot skimp when the
treasurer of our group passes the hat.
Our groups, our areas,
and AA as a whole
will not function unless
our services are sufficient and their bills are paid.
When we meet and defeat
the temptation to take large gifts, we are only being prudent.
But when we are generous
with the hat we give a token that we are grateful for our blessings
and evidence that we are
eager to share what we have found with all those who still suffer."
Bill W., November 1957
©1988AAGrapevine, The Language of the Heart, p. 221
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Thought to Consider . . .
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
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From
"The Three Legacies of Alcoholics Anonymous":
"The
© 2001
AAWS, Inc.; Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pg. 165
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WE BECOME WILLING. . .
At
the moment we are trying to put our lives in order. But this is not an end in
itself.
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS, p. 77
How
easily I can become misdirected in approaching the Eighth Step! I wish to
be free, somehow transformed by my Sixth and Seventh Step work. Now, more
than ever, I am vulnerable to my own self-interest and hidden agenda. I
am careful to remember that self-satisfaction, which sometimes comes through
the spoken forgiveness of those I have harmed, is not my true objective.
I become willing to make amends, knowing that through this process I am mended
and made fit to move forward, to know and desire God's will for me.
©Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.©
*~*~*~*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*~*~*~*
Only Try
In
my teens, I had to be an athlete because I was not an athlete. I had to be
a musician because I
could not carry a tune. I had to be the president of my
class in boarding
school. I had to be first in everything because m my
perverse heart I felt
myself the least of God's creatures. I could not accept
my deep sense of
inferiority, and so I strove to become captain of the
baseball team, and I did
learn to play the fiddle. Lead I must -- or else.
This was the "all
or nothing" kind of demand that later did me in.
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"I'm glad you are
going to try that new job. But make sure that you are only
going to 'try.' If you
approach the project in the attitude that 'I must
succeed, I must not
fail, I cannot fail,' then you practically guarantee the
flop which in turn will
guarantee a drinking relapse. But if you look at the
venture as a
constructive experiment only, then all should go well."
1. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 53 - 2. LETTER, 1958
*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective
mental
defense against the
first drink. Except in a few rare cases, neither
he nor any other human
being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher
Power."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About
Alcoholism, pg. 43~
*~*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*~*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
Alcoholics Anonymous has
no quarrel with medicine, psychiatry, or religion.
We have great respect
for the methods of each. And we are glad for any
success they may have
had with
alcoholics. We are
desirous always of cooperating with them
in every way. The more
doctors, the more psychiatrists, the
more clergy and rabbis
we can get to work with us, the better
we like it. We have many
who take a real interest in our
program and we would
like many more. Am I ready to cooperate
with those who take a
sincere interest in A.A.?
Meditation
for the Day
God is always ready to
pour His blessings into our hearts in
generous measure. But
like the seed-sowing, the ground must
be prepared before the
seed is dropped in. It is our task to
prepare the soil. It is
God's to drop the seed.
This preparation of the
soil means many days of right living,
choosing the right and
avoiding the wrong. As you go along,
each day you are better
prepared for God's planting, until
you reach the time of
harvest. Then you share the harvest
with God -- the harvest
of a useful and more abundant life.
Prayer
for the Day
I pray that my way of
living may be properly prepared day by day.
I pray that I may strive to make myself ready for the harvest which God has planted in my heart.