A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Keynotes
We can try to stop making unreasonable
demands upon those we love. We can show
kindness where we had shown none. With
those we dislike we can begin to practice justice
and courtesy, perhaps
going out of our way to understand and help them. Whenever we fail
any of these people, we
can promptly admit it -- to ourselves always, and to them also, when
the admission would be helpful. Courtesy,
kindness, justice, and love are the keynotes by which
we may come into harmony with
practically anybody.
c.
1952AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 93
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Thought to Consider . . .
Let us always love the best in others --
and never fear their worst.
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H E L P = Hope, Encouragement, Love, Patience
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Apology
From "Our Side of
the Street":
I made amends to my dad soon after I
quit drinking. My words fell on deaf ears since I had blamed him for my troubles.
Several months later I made amends to my dad again. This time I wrote a letter
in which I did not blame him or mention his faults. It worked, and at last I
understood! My side of the street is all that I'm responsible for and thanks to
God and A.A. it's clean for today."
� 1990 AAWS, Inc.; Daily
Reflections, pg. 259
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SUIT UP AND SHOW UP
In
A.A. we aim not only for sobriety -- we try again
to become citizens of the world that we rejected, and of the world that once
rejected us. This is the ultimate demonstration toward which Twelfth Step
work is the first but not the final step,
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 21
The old line
says, "Suit up and show up." That action is so important that I
like to think of it as my motto. I can choose each day to suit up and
show up, or not. Showing up at meetings starts me toward feeling a part
of that meeting, for then I can do what I say I'll do at meetings. I can
talk with newcomers, and I can share my experience; that's what credibility,
honesty, and courtesy really are. Suiting up and showing up are the
concrete actions I take in my ongoing return to normal living.
Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
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Back To Work
It is possible
for us to use the alleged dishonesty of other people as a plausible excuse for
not meeting our own obligations. Once,
some prejudiced friends exhorted me never to go back to Wall Street. They were sure that the rampant
materialism and double-dealing down there would stunt my spiritual growth.
Because this sounded so high-minded, I continued to stay away from the only
business that I knew. When, finally, my
household went broke, I realized I hadn't been able to face the prospect of
going back to work. So I returned to Wall Street, and I have ever since been glad that I did. I
needed to rediscover that there are many fine people in
GRAPEVINE, AUGUST 1961
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"Despite
all we can say, many who are real alcoholics are not going
to believe they are in that class. By
every form of self-deception
and experimentation, they will try to
prove themselves exceptions to
the rule, therefore nonalcoholic. If
anyone who is showing inability
to control his drinking can do the
right-about-face and drink like a
gentleman, our hats are off to him.
Heaven knows, we have tried hard
enough and long enough to drink like
other people!"
~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 31~
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A.A. Thought for the Day
A.A. may
be human in its organization, but it is divine in its purpose. The purpose is
to point me toward God and the good life. My feet have been set upon the rot
path. I feel it in the depths of my being. I am going in the right direction.
The future can be safely left to God. Whatever the future holds, it cannot be
too much for me to bear. I have the Divine Power with me to carry me through
everything that may happen. Am I pointed toward God and the good life?
Meditation
for the Day
Although
unseen, the Lord is always near to those who believe in Him and trust Him and
depend on Him for the strength to meet the challenges of life. Although veiled
from mortal sight, the Higher Power is always available to us whenever we
humbly ask for it. The feeling that God is with us should not depend on any
passing mood of ours; we should try to be always conscious of His power and
love in the background of our lives.
Prayer for
the Day
I pray
that I may feel that God is not too far away to depend on for help.
I pray that I may feel confident of His readiness to give me the power that I need.