~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Fear
"We have had a much keener look at
ourselves and those about us.
We have seen that we were prodded by unreasonable
fears and anxieties
into making a life business of winning
fame, money, and what
we thought was leadership.
So false pride became the reverse side
of that ruinous coin marked 'Fear.'
We simply had to be Number One people
to cover up our deep-lying
inferiorities."
©1952AAWS,
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 123
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Thought to Consider . . .
Situations I fear are rarely as bad as
the fear itself.
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F E A R = Frantic Efforts to Appear Recovered
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Better
From "With the
aid of A.A.,
my
life took another path:"
"Today, I am sober, but I know
that
I am only one
drink away from a drunk.
Today, I can
deal with the problems that
confront me,
and even though they become
quite
difficult at times, I know that I
have the
strength to accept and handle
them
today. My worst sober day is a
million times
better than any of my best
past drinking
days."
c. 1991, A.A. in
Prison: Inmate to Inmate, pages 47-48
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IN ALL OUR AFFAIRS
. . . we
tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in
all our affairs.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 106
I find that
carrying the message of recovery to other alcoholics is easy because it helps
me to stay sober and it provides me with a sense of well-being about my own
recovery. The hard part is practicing these principles in all my
affairs. It is important that I share the benefits I receive from A.A.,
especially at home. Doesn't my family deserve the same patience,
tolerance and understanding I so readily give to the alcoholic? When
reviewing my day I try to ask, "Did I have a chance to be a friend today
and miss it?" "Did I have a chance to rise above a nasty
situation and avoid it?" "Did I have a chance to say 'I'm
sorry,' and refuse to?
Just as I ask God for help with my
alcoholism each day, I ask for help in extending my recovery to include all
situations and all people!
©Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD
SERVICES, INC.©
*~*~*~*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*~*~*~*
Random Quote - Servant, Not Master
In A.A., we
found that it did not matter too much what our material condition was, but it
mattered greatly what our spiritual condition was. As we improved our spiritual
outlook, money gradually became our servant and not our master. It became a
means of exchanging love and service with those about us.
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One of A.A.'s
Loners is an Australian sheepman who lives two
thousand miles from the nearest town, where yearly he sells his wool. In order
to be paid the best prices he has to get to town during a certain month. But
when he heard that a big regional A.A. meeting was to be held at a later date
when wool prices would have fallen, he gladly took a heavy financial loss in
order to make his journey then. That's how much an A.A. meeting means to him.
1.
TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 122 - 2. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 31
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"If
we skip this vital step (5th Step), we may not overcome drinking.
Time after time newcomers have tried to
keep to themselves certain
facts about their lives. Trying to
avoid this humbling experience,
they have turned to easier methods. Almost
invariably they got drunk.
Having persevered with the rest of the
program, they wondered why
they fell. We think the reason is that
they never completed their
housecleaning. They took inventory all
right, but hung on to some of
the worst items in stock. They only
thought they had lost their
egoism and fear; they only thought they
had humbled themselves. But
they had not learned enough of
humility, fearlessness and honesty, in
the sense we find it necessary, until
they told someone else all their life story."
~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 72~
*~*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*~*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
There
is some alcoholic thought, conscious or unconscious, that comes before every
slip. As long as we live, we must be on the lookout for such thoughts and guard
against them. In fact, our A.A. training is mostly to prepare us, to make us
ready to recognize such thoughts at once and to reject them at once. The slip
comes when we allow such thoughts to remain in our minds, even before we
actually go through the motions of lifting the glass to our lips. The A.A.
program is largely one of mental training. How well is my mind prepared?
Meditation for the Day
Fret
not your mind with puzzles that you cannot solve. The solutions may never be
shown to you until you have left this life. The loss of dear ones, the
inequality of life, the deformed and the maimed, and many other puzzling things
may not be known to you until you reach the life beyond. "I have yet many
things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now." Only step by step,
stage by stage, can you proceed in your journey into greater knowledge and
understanding.
Prayer for the Day
I pray
that I may be content that things that I now see darkly will someday be made
clear.
I pray that I may have faith that
someday I will see face to face.