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Coping
God willing, we members of AA may never again
have to deal with
drinking,
but we have to deal with
sobriety every day.
How do we do it?
By learning -- through
practicing the Twelve Steps
and through sharing at
meetings --
how to cope with the
problems
that we looked to booze to
solve, back in our drinking days. . .
We learn how to level out
the emotional swings
that got us into trouble
both when we were up and
when we were down.
c. 1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 560
c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 558
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Thought to Consider . . .
The ankle-biters of everyday struggles will eat away at me
unless I go to meetings
and share.
*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
H
E A R T = Healing, Enjoying, And
Recovering, Together
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Others
From
"The Three Legacies of Alcoholics Anonymous":
"We also had to
determine how best to co-operate with the press, radio, motion pictures, and
more recently television; how to deal with employers who wanted special help;
what would be the right attitude toward the field of alcohol education,
research, and rehabilitation, private and public. �
"Finding answers to
these public relations puzzlers has been a long process. After much trial and
error, sometimes punctuated by painful mistakes, the attitudes and practices
that would work best for us emerged. The basic ones can be seen today in the A.A.
Traditions: 100 per cent [sic] anonymity at the public level; no use of
the A.A. name for the benefit of other causes, however worthy; no endorsements
or alliances; the carrying of the message as the single purpose for Alcoholics
Anonymous; no professionalism; public relations by the principle of attraction
rather than promotion�these
were some of the hard-learned lessons."
� 2001 AAWS,
Inc.; Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pgs. 197-98
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~*
HAPPINESS COMES QUIETLY
"The
trouble with us alcoholics was this: We demanded that the world give us
happiness and peace of mind in just the particular order we wanted to get it --
by the alcohol route. And we weren't successful. But when we take
time to find out some of the spiritual laws, and familiarize ourselves with
them, and put them into practice, then we do get happiness and peace of mind . . . There seem to be some rules
that we have to follow, but happiness and peace of mind are always here, open
and free to anyone."
DR. BOB AND THE GOOD OLDTIMERS, p. 308
The
simplicity of the A.A. program teaches me that happiness isn't something I can
"demand." It comes upon me quietly, while I serve others.
In offering my hand to the newcomer or to someone who has relapsed, I find that
my own sobriety has been recharged with indescribable gratitude and happiness.
�Copyright
1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.�
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Toward Honesty
The
perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one permeates human
affairs from top to bottom. This subtle and elusive kind of self-righteousness
can underlie the smallest act or thought. Learning daily to spot, admit, and
correct these flaws is the essence of character-building and good living.
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The deception of others is
nearly always rooted in the deception of ourselves.
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Somehow, being alone with
God doesn't seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person. Until we
actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our
willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical. When we are honest
with another person, it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves and
with God.
1. TWELVE AND TWELVE, pp. 94-95 - 2. GRAPEVINE, AUGUST 1961 - 3.
TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 60
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"Everybody
knows that those in bad health, and those who seldom play,
do not laugh much. So let
each family play together or separately as
much as their
circumstances warrant. We are sure God wants us to be
happy, joyous, and
free."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg.
132~
*~*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*~*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
It doesn't do much good to come to meetings only once in a while
and sit around, hoping to get something out of the program. That's all right at
first, but it won't help us very long. Sooner or later we have to get into
action by coming to meetings regularly, by giving a personal witness of our
experience with alcohol, and by trying to help other alcoholics. Building a new
life takes all the energy that we used to spend on drinking. Am I spending at
least as much time and effort on the new life that 1rn trying to build in A.A.?
Meditation for the Day
With God's help, I will
build a protective screen around myself which will keep out all evil thoughts.
I will fashion it out of my attitude toward God and my attitude toward other
people. When one worrying or impatient thought enters my mind, I will put it
out at once. I know that love and trust are the solvents for the worry and
frets of life. I will use them to form a protective screen around me.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that frets and
impatience and worry may not corrode my protective screen against all evil
thoughts. I pray that I may banish all these from my life.------------------------------------------------------------------
Pats Corner
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Amen
Love ya all
"It's tough being
a Half-Full
Guy living in a
Half-Empty World."