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Anger
It is a spiritual axiom that every time
we are disturbed,
there is something wrong with us.
If somebody hurts us and we are sore,
we are in the wrong also.
But are there no exceptions
to this rule? What about
"justifiable" anger? If somebody cheats us, aren't we entitled to be mad?
Can't we be properly angry with
self-righteous folk? For
us of AA these are dangerous exceptions.
We have found that justified anger
ought to be left to those better qualified
to handle it.
c.
1952AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 90
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Thought to Consider . . .
Anger is the hot wind that extinguishes
the light of reason.
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A N G E R = Any No-Good Energy Rising
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Traditions
From "The Three
Legacies of Alcoholics Anonymous":
"Then in one of our larger centers
the amazing story got around that the Foundation and
the
profits of $64,000 the year before. "The investigating committee’s accountant read our modest financial
statement aloud and testified to its correctness. The committee was crestfallen
and we received an apology. "This was one of the test cases out of which A.A.'s Tradition respecting professionalism and paid
workers was evolved. It was certain that I could not continue full time nor Bob
devote more than half his working hours to A.A. unless we both had some
definite source of steady income. That
would be contrary to the then-forming Tradition of no contributions from the
outside world."
� 2001 AAWS, Inc.; Alcoholics
Anonymous Comes of Age, pgs. 193-94
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THINKING OF OTHERS
Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our
constant thought
of others and how we may help meet their needs.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 20
Thinking of others has never come easily to
me. Even when I try to work the A.A. program, I'm prone to thinking,
"How do I feel today. Am I happy, joyous and free?"
The program tells me that my thoughts
must reach out to those around me: "Would that newcomer welcome someone to
talk to?" "That person looks a little unhappy today, maybe I
could cheer him up." It is only when I forget my problems, and reach
out to contribute something to others that I can begin to attain the serenity
and God-consciousness I seek.
�Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.�
*~*~*~*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*~*~*~*
Random Quote - Time Versus Money
Our attitude
toward the giving of time when compared with our attitude toward giving money
presents an interesting contrast. We give a lot of our time to A.A. activities
for our own protection and growth, but also for the sake of our groups, our
areas, A.A. as a whole, and, above all, the newcomer. Translated into terms of
money, these collective sacrifices would add up to a huge sum. But
when it comes to the actual spending of cash, particularly for A.A. service
overhead, many of us are apt to turn a bit reluctant. We think of the loss of
all that earning power in our drinking years, of those sums we might have laid
by for emergencies or for education of the kids. In recent years, this attitude is everywhere on the
decline; it quickly disappears when the real need for a given A.A. service
becomes clear. Donors can seldom see what the exact result has been. They well
know, however, that countless thousands of other alcoholics and their families
are being helped.
TWELVE
CONCEPTS, pp. 64-65
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"If
we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to
let God take us to better things, we
believe we will be forgiven and
will have learned our lesson. If we are
not sorry, and our conduct
continues to harm others, we are quite
sure to drink. We are not
theorizing. These are facts out of our
experience."
~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 70~
*~*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*~*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
We come
now to A.A. fellowship. It is partly group therapy. It is partly spiritual
fellowship. But it is even more. it is based on a
common illness, a common failure, a common problem. It goes deep down into our
personal lives and our personal needs. it requires a
full opening up to each other of our inmost thoughts and most secret problems.
All barriers between us are swept aside. They have to be. Then we try to help
each other get well. The A.A. fellowship is based on a sincere desire to help
each other get well. The A.A. fellowship is based on a sincere desire to help
the other person. In A.A. we can be sure of sympathy, understanding, and real
help. These things make the A.A. fellowship the best that we know. Do I fully
appreciate the depth of the A.A. fellowship?
Meditation
for the Day
The Higher Power can guide us to the
right decisions if we pray about them. We can believe that many details of our
lives are planned by God and planned with a wealth of forgiving love for the
mistakes we have made. We can pray today to be shown the right way. We can
choose the good, and when we choose it, we can feel that the whole power of the
universe is behind us. We can achieve a real harmony with God's purpose for our
lives.
Prayer for
the Day
I pray that I may choose aright today.
I pray that I may be shown the right way to live today.