~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
^*^*^*^*^
(\ ~~ /)
( \ (AA)/ )
(_ /AA\ _)
/AA\
^*^*^*^*^
Why Worry?
^*^*^
"There
are many short phrases and expressions in AA which make sound sense.
'First Things First': solving our immediate problems before we
try to solve all the others . . .
'Easy Does it.' Relax a little. Try for
inner contentment. No one individual
can carry all the burdens of the world. Everyone has problems.
Getting drunk won't solve them.
'Twenty-four hours a day.' Today is the day. Doing our
best, living each day to the fullest is the art of living.
Yesterday is gone, and we don't know whether we will be here tomorrow.
If we do a good job of living today, and if tomorrow comes for us,
then the chances are we will do a good job when it arrives - so why
worry about it?"
1976AAWS, Alcoholics
Anonymous, p. 382
^*^*^*^*^*
Thought to Ponder . . .
Every day is a gift.
That is why we call it the present.
*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
S I
T = Stay In Today
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Question
Step
Six: Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
"It is plain for everybody to see that each sober
A.A. member has been granted a release from this very obstinate and potentially
fatal obsession. So in a very complete and literal way, all A.A.'s have 'become
entirely ready' to have God remove the mania for alcohol from their lives. And
God has proceeded to do exactly that. "Having
been granted a perfect release from alcoholism, why then shouldn't we be able
to achieve by the same means a perfect release from every other difficulty or
defect? This is a riddle of our existence, the full answer to which may be only
in the mind of God."
1952,
AAWS, Inc.; Printed 2005; Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pg. 64
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~*
ON A WING AND A
PRAYER
. . . . we then look at Step Six. We have
emphasized willingness
as being indispensable.
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS, p. 76
Steps Four and Five were difficult,
but worthwhile. Now I was stuck on Step Six and, in despair, I picked up the
Big Book and
read this passage. I was outside, praying for willingness, when I
raised my eyes and saw a huge bird rising in the sky. I
watched it suddenly give itself up to the powerful air currents of the
mountains. Swept, along, swooping and soaring, the bird
did things seemingly impossible for mortal birds to do. It was an
inspiring example of a fellow creature "letting go" to a power
greater than itself. I realized that the bird "took back his
will" and tried to fly with less trust, on its power alone, it would
spoil its apparent free flight. That insight granted me the willingness
to pray the Seventh Step prayer.
It's not easy to know God's will in each circumstance. I must search
out and be ready for the currents, and that's where prayer and meditation help!
Because I am, of myself, nothing, I ask God to grant me the knowledge of His
will and the power and courage to carry it out -- today.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
*~*~*~*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*~*~*~*
Relapses--and the Group
An early fear was that of slips or relapses. At first
nearly every alcoholic
we approached began to slip, it indeed he sobered up at all. Others
would
stay dry six months or maybe a year and then take a skid. This was
always a
genuine catastrophe. We would all look at each other and say, "Who
next?"
Today, through slips are a very serious difficulty,
as a group we take them
in stride. Fear has evaporated. Alcohol always threatens the
individual, but
we know that it cannot destroy the common welfare.
<<<>>>
"It does not seem to pay to argue with 'slippers' about the proper
method of
getting dry. After all, why should people who are drinking tell people
who
are dry how it should be done? "Just kid the boys along--ask
them if they are having fun. If they are too
noisy or troublesome, amiably keep out of their way."
1. A.A. COMES OF
AGE, P. 97
2. LETTER, 1942
*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"Suppose we fall short of
the chosen ideal and stumble? Does this
mean we are going to get drunk? Some people tell us so. But this is
only a half-truth. It depends on us and on our motives."
~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, Page 70~
*~*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*~*~*
A.A. Thought
for the Day
Some more things I do not miss since becoming dry: running all
over town to find a bar open to get that "pick-me-up";
meeting
my friends and trying to cover up that I feel awful; looking at
myself in a mirror and calling myself a damn fool; struggling
with myself to snap out of it for two or three days; wondering
what it is all about. I'm positive I don't miss these things, am I not?
Meditation for the Day
Love is the power that transforms your life. Try to love your
family and your friends and then try to love everybody that you
possibly can, even the "sinners and publicans" everybody.
Love
for God is an even greater thing. it is the
result of gratitude
to God and it is the acknowledgment of the blessing that God has sent
you.
Love for God acknowledges His gifts and leaves the
way open for God
to shower yet more blessings on your thankful heart.
Say "Thank you, God," until it becomes a habit.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may try to love God and all people.
I pray that I may continually thank God for all His
blessings.