~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Ghosts
AA experience has taught us we cannot live alone with our pressing problems and the
character defects
which cause or aggravate
them. If
we have swept the searchlight of Step Four
back and forth over our
careers, and
it has revealed in stark relief those experiences
we'd rather not remember,
if we have come to know
how wrong thinking and action
have hurt us and others,
then the need to quit
living by ourselves with
those tormenting ghosts of yesterday
gets more urgent than
ever. We
have to talk to somebody about them.
c. 1952 AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 55
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Thought to Consider . . .
Trust God. Clean house. Help others.
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A N A = You Are Not Alone
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Unity
Tradition One: Our common welfare should
come first;
personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.
"Most
individuals cannot recover unless there IS a group. Realization dawns that he
is but a small part of a great whole; that no personal sacrifice is too great
for preservation of the Fellowship. He learns that the clamor of desires and
ambitions within him must be silenced whenever these could damage the group. It
becomes plain that the group must survive or the
individual will not."
(c) 1981, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, page 130
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FREEDOM FROM GUILT
Where
other people were concerned, we had to drop the word "blame" from our
speech and thought.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p.
47
When
I become willing to accept my own powerlessness, I begin to realize that
blaming myself for all the trouble in my life can be an ego trip back into
hopelessness. Asking for help and listening deeply to the messages
inherent in the Steps and Traditions of the program make it possible to change
those attitudes which delay my recovery. Before joining A.A., I had such
a desire for approval from people in powerful positions that I was willing to
sacrifice myself, and others, to gain a foothold in the world. I
invariably came to grief. In the program I find true friends who love,
understand, and care to help me learn the truth about myself. With the
help of the Twelve Steps, I am able to build a better life, free of guilt and
the need for self-justification.
�Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.�
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Daily Reprieve
We
are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve
contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual
condition.
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We of A.A. obey spiritual
principles, at first because we must, then because we ought to, and ultimately
because we love the kind of life such obedience brings. Great suffering and
great love are A.A.'s disciplinarians; we need no others.
1. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85 - 2. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 174
*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"An
illness of this sort, and we have come to believe it an
illness, involves those about us in
a way no other human sickness
can. If
a person has cancer all are sorry for him and no one is angry or
hurt. But not so with the
alcoholic illness, for with it there goes
annihilation of all the
things worth while in life."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 18~
*~*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*~*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
Alcoholics carry an awful load around with them. What a load
lying puts on your shoulders! Drinking makes liars out of all of us alcoholics.
In order to get the liquor we want, we have to lie all the time. We have to lie
about where we've been and what we've been doing. When you are lying you are
only half alive, because of the fear of being found out. When you come into
A.A., and get honest with yourself and with other people, that terrible load of
lying falls off your shoulders. Have I gotten rid of that load of lying?
Meditation for the Day
I believe that in the spiritual world, as in the material world,
there is no empty space. As fears and worries and resentments depart out of my
life, the things of the spirit come in to take their places. Calm comes after a
storm. As soon as I am rid of fears and hates and selfishness, God's love and
peace and calm can come in.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may rid
myself of all fears and resentments, so that peace and serenity may take their
place.
I pray that I may sweep my life clean of evil,
so that good may come in