~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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A New Life

"Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare

beginning; If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find

that bit by bit we can discard the old life -- the one that did not work -- for a new life that can and

does work under any conditions whatever."
Bill W., Grapevine, December 1957
c. 1967AAWS, As Bill Sees It,  p. 8
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Thought to Consider . . .

Action conquers fear.

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A B C  =  Acceptance, Belief, Change

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Growth

From "The Three Legacies of Alcoholics Anonymous":

"At the end of 1941, when the group secretaries made their reports, we found that the membership had jumped to 8,000, an increase of 6,000 over 1940. We had begun to reach into Canada and into foreign lands. Everywhere we were growing rapidly. In many ways 1941 can be reckoned as the most exciting year in our history.

"The pins on our office wall map showed scores of new groups springing up every week."

� 2001 AAWS, Inc.; Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pg. 192

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WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN

When we developed still more, we discovered the best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself.  We found that dependence upon His perfect justice, forgiveness, and love was healthy, and that it would work where nothing else would.  If  we really depended upon God, we couldn't very well play God to our fellows nor would we feel the urge wholly to rely on human  protection and care.

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 116


It has been my experience that, when all human resources appear to have failed, there is always One who will never desert me.  Moreover, He is always there to share my joy, to steer me down the right path, and to confide in when no one else will do.  While my well-being and happiness can be added to, or diminished, by  human efforts, only God can provide the loving nourishment upon which I depend for my daily spiritual health.

Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
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Random Quote - Singlehanded Combat

Few indeed are those who, assailed by the tyrant alcohol, have ever won through in singlehanded combat. It is a statistical fact that alcoholics almost never recover on their personal resources alone.

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'Way up toward Point Barrow in Alaska, a couple of prospectors got themselves a cabin and a case of Scotch. The weather turned bitter, fifty below, and they got so drunk they let the fire go out. Barely escaping death by freezing, one of them woke up in time to rekindle the fire. He was prowling around outside for fuel, and he looked into an empty oil drum filled with frozen water. Down in the ice cake he saw a reddish-yellow object. When thawed out, it was seen to be an A.A. book. One of the pair read the book and sobered up. Legend has it that he became the founder of one of our farthest north groups.

1. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 22 - 2. A.A. COMES OF AGE, pp. 82-83
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"Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them
help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up
about you, to have a host of friends” this is an experience you must not miss."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 89~
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A.A. Thought for the Day

People who have had a slip are ashamed of themselves-sometimes so ashamed that they fear to go back to A.A. They develop the old inferiority complex and tell themselves that they are no good, that they have let down their friends in A.A., that they are hopeless, and that they can never make it. This state of mind is perhaps worse than it was originally. They have probably been somewhat weakened by their slip. But their A.A. training cannot ever be entirely lost. They always know they can go back if they want to. They know there is still God's help for them if they will again ask for it. Do I believe that I can never entirely lose what I have learned in A.A.?

Meditation for the Day

Nobody entirely escapes temptation. You must expect it and be ready for it when it comes. None of us is entirely safe. You must try to keep your defenses up by daily thought and prayer. That is why we have these daily meditations. You must be able to recognize temptation when it comes. The first step toward conquering temptation always is to see it clearly as temptation and not to harbor it in your mind. Dissociate yourself from it, put it out of your mind as soon as it appears. Do not think of excuses for yielding to it. Turn at once to the Higher Power for help.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may be prepared for whatever temptation may come to me.

I pray that I may see it clearly and avoid it with the help of God.