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Grandiosity
"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 first in everything because in 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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Bill W., AA Comes of Age, p. 53
©1967AAWS, As Bill Sees It, p.
214
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Thought to Consider . . .
We claim spiritual progress rather
than spiritual perfection.
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N U T S = Not Using The Steps.
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Responsibility
From "Today, It's
My Choice:"
"With the realization and
acceptance that I had played a part in the way my life had turned out
came a dramatic change in my
outlook. It was at this point that the A.A. program began to
work for me. In the past I had
always blamed others, either God or other people, for my
circumstances. I never felt that
I had a choice in altering my life. My decisions had been based
on fear, pride, or ego. As a
result, those decisions led me down a path of self-destruction.
Today I try to allow my God to guide me
on the road to sanity. I am responsible for my
action -- or inaction -- whatever the consequences
may be."
c. 1990, Daily
Reflections, page 78
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SERENITY
Having had
a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, . . .
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 106
As I continued
to go to meetings and work the Steps, something began to happen to me. I felt
confused because I wasn't sure what it was that I was feeling, and then I
realized I was experiencing serenity. It was a good feeling, but where
had it come from? Then I realized it had come ". . .as the result of these steps." The program may
not always be easy to practice, but I had to acknowledge that my serenity had
come to me after working the Steps. As I work the Steps in everything I
do, practicing these principles in all my affairs, now I find that I am awake
to God, to others, and to myself. The spiritual awakening I have enjoyed
as the result of working the Steps is the awareness that I am no longer alone.
©Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.©
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Random Quote - Freedom through Acceptance
We admitted we
couldn't lick alcohol with our own remaining resources, and so we accepted the
further fact that dependence upon a Higher Power (if only our A.A. group) could
do this hitherto impossible job. The moment we were able to accept these facts
fully, our release from the alcohol compulsion had begun.
For most of us, this pair of
acceptances had required a lot of exertion to achieve. Our whole treasured a
lot of exertion to achieve. Our whole treasured philosophy of self-sufficiency
had to be cast aside. This had not been done with sheer will power; it came
instead as the result of developing the willingness to accept these new facts
of living. We neither
ran nor fought. But accept we did. And then we began to be free.
GRAPEVINE,
MARCH 1962
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"Although
financial recovery is on the way for many of us, we found
we could not place money first. For us,
material well-being always
followed spiritual progress; it never preceded."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The
Family Afterward, pg. 127
"If there be divorce or separation,
there should be no undue haste
for the couple to get together. The man
should be sure of his
recovery. The wife should fully
understand his new way of life. If
their old relationship is to be resumed
it must be on a better basis,
since the former did not work. This
means a new attitude and spirit
all around. Sometimes it is to the best
interests of all concerned
that a couple remain
apart. Obviously, no rule can be laid down.
Let the alcoholic continue his program
day by day. When the time for
living together has come, it will be
apparent to both parties."
Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, Page 99
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A.A. Thought for the Day
The
thoughts that come before having a slip seem to be partly subconscious. And yet
it is likely that at least part of these thoughts get into our consciousness.
An idle thought connected with drinking casualty pops into our mind. That is
the crucial moment. Will I harbor that thought even for one minute or will I
banish it from my mind at once? If I let it stay, it may develop into a
daydream. I may begin to see a cool glass of beer or a
Meditation
for the Day
Many of us have a sort of vision of the
kind of person God wants us to be. We must be true to that vision, whatever it
is, and we must try to live up to it, by living the way we believe we should
live. We can all believe that God has a vision of what He wants us to be like.
In all people there is a good person whom God sees in us, the person we could
be and that God would like us to be. But many a person fails to fulfill that
promise and God's disappointments must be many.
Prayer for
the Day
I pray that I may strive to be the kind
of a person that God would have me be.
I pray that I may try to fulfill God's vision of what I could be.