~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Puzzle
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"By nature touchy and suspicious, the alcoholic likes to be left alone to work out his puzzle,
and he has a convenient way of ignoring the tragedy which he inflicts meanwhile upon those
who are close to him. He holds desperately to a conviction that, although he has not been

able to handle alcohol in the past, he will ultimately succeed in becoming a controlled drinker.
One of medicine's queerest animals, he is, as often as not, an acutely intelligent person.
He fences with professional men and relatives who attempt to aid him and he gets a perverse

satisfaction out of tripping them up in argument."
The Jack Alexander Article
From the March 1941 issue of The Saturday Evening Post
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Thought to Consider . . .

There is no such thing as being 'a little bit alcoholic.'

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D E N I A L  =  Don't Even Notice I Am Lying.

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Blindness

Step Seven: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

"This lack of anchorage to any permanent values, this blindness to the true purpose of our lives, produced another bad result. For just so long as we were convinced that we could live exclusively by our own individual strength and intelligence, for just that long was a working faith in a Higher Power impossible."

1952, AAWS, Inc.; Printed 2005; Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pg. 72

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THE BEST FOR TODAY

The principles we have set down are guides to progress.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60

Just as a sculptor will use different tools to achieve
desired effects in creating a work of art, in Alcoholics
Anonymous the Twelve Steps are used to bring about results
in my own life. I do not overwhelm my self with life's
problems, and how much more work needs to be done. I let
myself be comforted in knowing that my life is now in the
hands of my Higher Power, a master craftsman who is shaping
each part of my life into a unique work of art. By working
my program I can be satisfied, knowing that "in doing the
best that we can for today, we are doing all that God asks of us."

Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
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The Reality of Spiritual Experiences

"Perhaps you raise the question of hallucination verses the divine imagery of a genuine spiritual experience.

I doubt if anyone has authoritatively defined what an hallucination really is.

However, it is certain that all recipients of spiritual experiences declare for their reality.

The best evidence of that reality is in the subsequent fruits.

Those who receive these gifts of grace are very much changed people, almost invariably for the better.

This can scarcely be said of those who hallucinate.
"Some might think me presumptuous when I say that my own experience is real.

Nevertheless, I can surely report that in my own life and in the lives of countless others, the

fruits of that experience have been real, and the benefactions beyond reckoning."

TALK, 1960
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"The greatest enemies of us alcoholics are resentment, jealousy,
envy, frustration, and fear."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, To Employers, pg. 145~

"Resentment is the "number one" offender. It destroys more
alcoholics than anything else."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 64~

*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~

*~*A.A. Thought for the Day

In following the A.A. program with its twelve steps, we
have the advantage of a better understanding of our problems.
Day after day our sobriety results in the formation of new
habits, normal habits. As each twenty-four-hour period ends,
we find that the business of staying sober is a much less
trying and fearsome ordeal than it seemed in the beginning.
Do I find it easier as I go alone?

Meditation for the Day

Learn daily the lesson of trust and calm in the midst of the
storms of life. Whatever of sorrow or difficulty the day may
bring, God's command to you is the same. Be grateful, humble,
calm, and loving to all people. Leave each soul the better
for having met you or heard you. For all kinds of people,
this should be your attitude: a loving desire to help and an
infectious spirit of calmness and trust in God. You have the
answer to loneliness and fear, which is calm faith in the
goodness and purpose in the universe.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may he calm in the midst of storms.

I pray that I may pass on this calmness to others who are lonely and full of fear.