~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Alternatives
If you are as seriously alcoholic as we were, we believe there is no middle-of-the-road
solution. We were in a
position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into
the region from which there is no return through human aid,
we had but two alternatives.
One
was to go on to the
bitter end, blotting out the
consciousness of our intolerable situation as best
we could, and the other, to accept spiritual help. This we did because we honestly wanted to,
and were willing to make
the effort.
c. 1976, 2001AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 25-6
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Thought to Consider . . .
If you always do what you've always done,
you will always be where you've always
been.
*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
A B C = Acceptance, Belief, Change.
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Initiation
Step Twelve:
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to
carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our
affairs."
"What about the rest of the Twelfth Step? The wonderful energy it releases and the eager action by which it carries our message to the next suffering alcoholic and which finally translates the Twelve Steps into action upon all our affairs is the payoff, the magnificent reality, of Alcoholics Anonymous."
© 1952,
AAWS, Inc.; Printed 2005; Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pg. 109
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UNDERSTANDING THE MALADY
When dealing with an alcoholic, there may be a natural annoyance that a
man could be so weak, stupid and irresponsible. Even when you understand the
malady better, you may feel this feeling rising.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 139
Having suffered from alcoholism, I should
understand the illness, but sometimes I feel annoyance, even contempt, toward a
person who cannot make it in A.A. When I feel that way, I am satisfying my
false sense of superiority and I must remember, but for the grace of God, there
go I.
©Copyright
1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.©
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Random Quote - God's Gifts
We see that the sun never sets upon A.A.'s
Fellowship; that more than three hundred and fifty thousand of us have now
recovered from our malady; that we have everywhere begun to transcend the formidable
barriers of race, creed, and nationality. This assurance that so many of us
have been able to meet our responsibilities for sobriety and for growth and
effectiveness in the troubled world where we live, will surely fill us with the
deepest joy and satisfaction. But,
as a people who have nearly always learned the hard way, we shall certainly not
congratulate ourselves. We shall perceive these assets to be God's gifts, which
have been in part matched by an increasing willingness on our part to find and
do His will for us.
GRAPEVINE, JULY 1965
*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"The basic principles of the A.A. program, it appears, hold good
for
individuals with many different
lifestyles, just as the program has
brought recovery to those of many different
nationalities. The
Twelve Steps that summarize the program
may be called los Doce Pasos
in one country, les Douze
Etapes in another, but they trace exactly
the same path to recovery that was
blazed by the earliest members of
Alcoholics Anonymous."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Foreward
To Third Edition, Page
xxii~
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A.A. Thought for the Day
The skeptic and the agnostic say it is impossible for us to find the
answer to life. Many have tried and failed. But many more have put aside
intellectual pride and have said to themselves: Who am I to say there is no
God? Who am I to say there is no purpose in life? The atheist makes a declaration:
"The world originated in a cipher and aimlessly rushes nowhere."
Others live for the moment and do not even think about why they are here or
where they are going. They might as well be clams on the bottom of the ocean,
protected by their hard shells of indifference. They are going nowhere and they
do not care. Do I care where I am going?
Meditation for the Day
We may consider the material world as the
clay which the artist works with, to make of it something beautiful or ugly. We
need not fear material things, which are neither good nor bad in the moral
sense. There seems to be no active force for evil- outside of human beings
themselves. Humans alone can have either evil intentions-resentments,
malevolence, hate, and revenge-or good intentions-love and goodwill, They can
make something ugly or something beautiful out of the clay of their lives.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may make something good out of my life.
I pray that I may be a good artisan with the materials that I have been given to use.