~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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New Life
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"We die to live.
That is a beautiful
paradox straight out of the Biblical idea of being "born again" or
"in losing one's life to find it."
When we work at our
Twelve Steps, the old life of guzzling and fuzzy thinking, and all that goes
with it, gradually dies, and we acquire a different and a better way of life. As
our shortcomings are removed, one life of us dies,
and another life of us
lives. We in AA die to live."
1955AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, 2nd edition.,
pp. 341-2
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Thought to Consider . . .
Life didn't end when I got sober -- it started.
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T
H I N K =
The Happiness I Never Knew
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Accept
My Humanness
From: "A
Nourishing Ingredient
Where humility had formerly stood for a forced feeding on humble
pie, it now begins to mean the nourishing ingredient which can give us
serenity.
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, page 74
How often do I
focus on my problems and frustrations? When I am having a "good day"
these same problems shrink in importance and my preoccupation with them
dwindles. Wouldn't it be better if I could find a key to unlock the
"magic" of my "good days" for use on the woes of my
"bad days"?
I already have the
solution! Instead of trying to run away from my pain and wish my problems
away, I can pray for humility! Humility will heal the pain. Humility will take me
out of myself. Humility, that strength granted to me by that
"power greater than myself," is mine for the asking! Humility
will bring balance back into my life. Humility will allow me to accept my
humanness joyously.
1990, AAWS, Inc., Daily Reflections, page 204
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THOSE WHO STILL SUFFER
For
us, if we neglect those who are still sick, there is unremitting danger to our
own lives and sanity.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151
I
know the torment of drinking compulsively to quiet my nerves and my
fears. I also know the pain of white-knuckled sobriety. Today, I do
not forget the unknown person who suffers quietly, withdrawn and hiding in the
desperate relief of drinking. I ask my Higher Power to give me His
guidance and the courage to be willing to be His instrument to carry within me
compassion and unselfish actions. Let the group continue to give me the
strength to do with others what I cannot do alone.
Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
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Praying for Others
While
praying sincerely, we still may fall into temptation. We form ideas as to what
we think God's will is for other people. We say to ourselves, "This one
ought to be cured of his fatal malady" or "That one ought to be
relieved of his emotional pain," and we pray for these specific things. Such
prayers, of course, are fundamentally good acts, but often they are based upon
a supposition that we know God's will for the person for whom we pray. This
means that side by side with an earnest prayer there can be a certain amount of
presumption and conceit in us.
It is A.A.'s experience
that particularly in these cases we ought to pray that God's will, whatever it
is, be done for others as well as for ourselves.
TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 104
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"On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours
ahead. We
consider our plans for
the day. Before we begin, we ask God to
direct our thinking,
especially asking that it be divorced from self-
pity, dishonest or
self-seeking motives. Under these conditions we
can employ our mental
faculties with assurance, for after all God
gave us brains to use.
Our thought-life will be placed on a much
higher plane when our
thinking is cleared of wrong motives."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 86~
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A.A. Thought
for the Day
We
are living on borrowed time. We are living today because of A.A. and the grace
of God. And what there is left of our lives we owe to A.A. and to God. We
should make the best use we can of our borrowed time and in some small measure
pay back for that part of our lives which we wasted before we came into A.A.
Our lives from now on are not our own. We hold them in trust for God and A.A.
And we must do all we can to forward the great movement that has given us a new
lease on life. Am I holding my life in trust for AA.?
Meditation
for the Day
You should hold your
life in trust for God. Think deeply on what that means. Is anything too much to
expect from such a life? Do you begin to see how dedicated a life in trust for
God can be? In such a life miracles can happen. if you
are faithful, you can believe that God has many good things in store for you.
God can be Lord of your life, controller of your days, of your present and your
future. Try to act as God guides and leave all results to Him. Do not hold
back, but go all out for God and the better life. Make good your trust.
Prayer
for the Day
I pray that I may hold
my life in trust for God.
I pray that I may no longer consider my life as all my own.