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We can only clear the ground a bit. If our
testimony helps sweep away prejudice,
enables you to think honestly, encourages
you to search diligently within yourself,
then, if you wish, you can join us on
the Broad Highway. With this attitude you cannot fail.
The consciousness of your belief is
sure to come to you.
c. 1976, 2001AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 55
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Thought to Consider . . .
The joy is in the journey, so enjoy the ride
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F A I T H = Fantastic Adventures In
Trusting Him.
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Alike
From
"The Missing Link":
"They opened a
book and read a chapter titled 'Step Seven.' After the reading, they went
around the table for comments, and for the first time in my life, I found
myself surrounded by people I could really relate with. I no longer felt as if
I was a major misfit, because here was a roomful of people who felt precisely
as I did, and a major weight had been lifted. I happened to be in the last
chair around the table to speak and, confused by the reading, all I could say
was, 'What the heck are shortcomings?'"
© 2001
AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 286
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ACCEPTING SUCCESS OR FAILURE
Furthermore, how shall we come to terms with seeming failure or
success? Can we now accept and adjust to either without despair or
pride? Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with
courage and serenity? Can we steadfastly content ourselves with the
humbler, yet sometimes more durable, satisfactions when the brighter, more
glittering achievements are denied us?
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE
TRADITIONS, p. 112
After I found A.A. and stopped drinking, it took a while before I
understood why the First Step contained two parts: my powerlessness over
alcohol, and my life's unmanageability. In the same way, I believed for a
long time that, in order to be in tune with the Twelve Steps, it was enough for
me "to carry this message to alcoholics." That was rushing
things. I was forgetting that there were a total of Twelve Steps and that
the Twelfth Step also had more than one part. Eventually I learned that
it was necessary for me to "practice these principles" in all areas
of my life. In working all the Steps thoroughly, I not only stay sober
and help someone else to achieve sobriety, but also I transform my difficulty
with living into a joy of living.
©Copyright
1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.©
*~*~*~*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*~*~*~*
A Higher Power for Atheists
I have had many experiences with atheists, mostly good. Everybody in A.A.
has the right to his own opinion. It is much better to maintain an open and
tolerant society than it is to suppress any small disturbances their opinions
might occasion. Actually, I don't know of anybody who went off and died of
alcoholism because of some atheist's opinions on the cosmos. "But I do always entreat these folks to look to
a 'Higher Power' -namely, their own group. When they come in, most of their
A.A. group is sober, and they are drunk. Therefore, the group is a 'Higher
Power.' That's a good enough start, and most of them do progress from there. I
know how they feel, because I was once that way myself."
LETTER, 1962
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"Highly competent psychiatrists who have dealt with us have found
it
sometimes impossible to persuade an
alcoholic to discuss his
situation without reserve. Strangely
enough, wives, parents and
intimate friends usually find us even
more unapproachable than do the
psychiatrist and the doctor.
But the ex-problem drinker who has
found this solution,
who is properly armed with facts about himself, can
generally win the entire
confidence of another alcoholic in a
few hours. Until such an
understanding is reached, little or
nothing can be accomplished."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg.
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*~*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*~*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
I am glad to be a part of A.A., of that great fellowship that
is spreading over the
over the world. I am
only one of the many A.A.'s, but I am one. I am
grateful to be living at this time,
when I can help A.A. to
grow, when it needs me to put my shoulder to the wheel and help keep the
movement going. I am
glad to be able to be useful, to have a reason for living, a purpose in life. I
want to
lose my life in this
great cause and so find it again. Am I grateful to be an A.A.?
Meditation for the Day
These meditations can teach us how to
relax. We can be of service to other people in a small way, at least. And we
can be happy while doing it. We should not worry too much about people we
cannot help. We can make it a habit to leave the outcome of the things we do to
the Higher Power. We can go along through life doing the best we can, but
without a feeling of urgency or strain. We can enjoy all the good things and
the beauty of life, but at the same time depend deeply on God.
Prayer
for the Day
I pray that I may give my life to this
worthwhile cause.
I pray that I may enjoy the satisfaction that comes from good work well done.