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Belief
Here are thousands of men and women,
worldly indeed. They flatly declare that since they have come to believe in a
Power greater than themselves, to take a certain attitude toward that Power, and
to do certain simple things, there has been a revolutionary change in their way
of living and thinking.
In the face of collapse and despair, in the face of the total failure of their
human resources,
they found that a new power, peace, happiness, and sense of direction flowed
into them.
c.
2001AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 50
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Thought to Consider . . .
Newcomers are the lifeblood of the
program.
But our old-timers are the arteries.
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P R O G R A M =
People Relying On God Relay A Message
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Control
Step One: We admitted we were
powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.
"Years
before we realized it we were out of control, that our
drinking even then was
no mere habit, that it was indeed the
beginning of a fatal progression. To the doubters we could
say, 'Perhaps you're not alcoholic after all. Why don't you
try some more controlled drinking,
bearing in mind meanwhile what we have told
you about alcoholism?'"
(c) 1981, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, page 23
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GETTING INVOLVED
There is
action and more action. "Faith without works is dead" . . .
To be helpful is our only aim.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp.
88-89
I understand that service is a vital
part of recovery but I often wonder, "What can I do?" Simply
start with what I have today! I look around to see where there is a
need. Are the ashtrays full? Do I have hands and feet to
empty them? Suddenly I'm involved! The best speaker may make the
worst coffee; the member who's best with newcomers may be unable to read; the
one willing to clean up may make a mess of the bank account -- yet every one of
these people and jobs is essential to an active group. The miracle of
service is this: when I use what I have, I find there is more available to me
than I realized before.
©Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.©
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Alike When the Chips Are Down
In the
beginning, it was four whole years before A.A. brought permanent sobriety to
even one alcoholic woman. Like the "high bottoms," the women said
they were different; A.A. couldn't be for them. But as the communication was
perfected, mostly by the women themselves, the picture changed. This
process of identification and transmission has gone on and on. The Skid-Rower
said he was different. Even more loudly, the socialite (or
GRAPEVINE,
OCTOBER 1959
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"Yes,
there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. It is a
fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous.
There you will find release from
care, boredom and worry. Your
imagination will be fired. Life will
mean something at last. The most
satisfactory years of your
existence lie ahead. Thus we find the
fellowship, and so will you."
~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, A Vision For You, pg. 152~
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A.A.
Thought for the Day
Alcoholics who
are living in a blind alley refuse to be really honest with themselves or with
other people. They're running away from life and won't face things as they are.
They won't give up their resentments.
They're too sensitive and too easily
hurt. They refuse to try to be unselfish. They still want everything for
themselves. And no matter how many disastrous experiences they have had with
drinking, they still do it
over and over again. There's only one way
to get out of that blind alley way of living and that's to change
your thinking. Have I changed my
thinking?
Meditation
for the Day
I know that
the vision and power that I receive from God are limitless, as far as spiritual
things are concerned. But in temporal and material things, I must submit to
limitations. I know that I cannot see the road ahead. I must go just one step
at a time, because God does not grant me a longer view. I am in uncharted
waters, limited by my temporal and spatial life, but unlimited in my spiritual
life.
Prayer
for the Day
I pray that,
in spite of my material limitations, I may follow God's way.
I pray that I may learn that trying to do His
will is perfect freedom.