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Insecurity

The achievement of freedom from fear is a lifetime undertaking,
one that can never be wholly completed. When under heavy attack, acute

illness, or in other conditions of serious insecurity, we shall all react, well or badly, as the

case may be. Only the vainglorious claim perfect freedom from fear, though their very

grandiosity is really rooted in the fears they have temporarily forgotten.
Bill W., January 1962
c. 1988 AA Grapevine, The Language of the Heart,  p. 265
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Thought to Consider . . .

Once we clear a hurdle, it doesn't seem so high.

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T R U S T  =  Try Relying Upon Steps and Traditions

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Action

From "The Shared Gift:"

"A.A. is more than a set of principles;
it is a society of alcoholics in action. 
We must carry the message, else we
ourselves can wither and those who
haven't been given the truth may die."

c. 1967, As Bill Sees It, page 13

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THE VICTORY OF SURRENDER

We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength.  Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turn out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be built.

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p.  21

When alcohol influenced every facet of my life, when bottles became the symbol of all my self-indulgence and permissiveness, when I came to realize that, by myself, I could do nothing to overcome the power of alcohol, I realized I had no recourse except surrender.  In surrender I found victory -- victory over my selfish self-indulgence, victory over my stubborn resistance to life as it was given to me.  When I stopped fighting anybody or anything, I started on the path to sobriety, serenity and peace.

©Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.©
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All or Nothing?

Acceptance and faith are capable of producing 100 per cent sobriety. In fact, they usually do; and

they must, else we could have no life at all. But the moment we carry these attitudes into our emotional problems, we find that only relative results are possible. Nobody can, for example, become

completely free from fear, anger, and pride. Hence, in this life we shall attain nothing like perfect

humility and love. So we shall have to settle, respecting most of our problems, for a very gradual

progress, punctuated sometimes by very heavy setbacks. Our old time attitude of "all or nothing"

will have to be abandoned.

GRAPEVINE, MARCH 1962
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"If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation
of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 33~
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A.A. Thought for the Day

Keeping sober is the most important thing in my life. The most important decision I ever made was my decision to give up drinking. I am convinced that my whole life depends on not taking that first drink. Nothing in the world is as important to me as my own sobriety. Everything I have, my whole life, depends on that one thing. Can I afford ever to forget this, even for one minute?

Meditation for the Day

I will discipline myself. I will do this disciplining now. I will turn out all useless thoughts. I know that the goodness of my life is a necessary foundation for its usefulness. I will welcome this training, for without it God cannot give me His power. I believe that this power is a mighty power when it is used in the right way.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may face and accept whatever discipline is necessary.

I pray that I may be fit to receive God's power in my life