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Sacrifices
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"At the beginning we sacrificed alcohol. We had to, or it would have killed us.
But we couldn't get rid of alcohol unless we made other sacrifices.
Big-shotism and phony thinking had to go. We had to toss self-justification, self-pity,
and anger right out the window. We had to quit the crazy contest for personal prestige
and big bank balances. We had to take personal responsibility for our sorry state
and quit blaming others for it. Were these sacrifices?  Yes, they were.
To gain enough humility and self-respect to stay alive at all we had to give up
what had really been our dearest possessions - our ambitions and our illegitimate pride."
Bill W., January 1955
©1988AAGrapevine, The Language of the Heart, p. 210
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Thought to Consider . . .

Sobriety is a journey, not a destination

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S O B E R  =  Son Of a Basket, Everything's Real

*~*~*~*~*^Just FFor Today!^*~*~*~*~*

Esteem

From “There Is a Solution”

“Of necessity there will have to be discussion of matters medical, psychiatric, social, and religious. We are aware that these matters are, from their very nature, controversial. Nothing would please us so much as to write a book which would contain no basis for contention or argument. We shall do our utmost to achieve that ideal. Most of us sense that real tolerance of other people's shortcomings and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions are attitudes which make us more useful to others. Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs.”�

© 2001 AAWS, Inc.; Alcoholics Anonymous, pgs. 19-20

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FORMING TRUE PARTNERSHIPS

But it is from our twisted relations with family, friends, and society at large that many of us have suffered the most. 

We have been especially stupid and stubborn about them.  The primary fact that we fail to recognize

is our total inability to form a true partnership with another human being.

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 53


Can these words apply to me, am I still unable to form a true partnership with another human being? What a terrible handicap that would be for me to carry into my sober life!  In my sobriety I will meditate and pray to discover how I may be a trusted friend and companion.

©Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.©
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Release and Joy

Who can render an account of all the miseries that once were ours, and who
can estimate the release and joy that the later years have brought to us? Who can possibly tell the vast

consequences of what God's work through A.A. has already set in motion? And who can penetrate the

deeper mystery of our wholesale deliverance from slavery, a bondage to a most hopeless and fatal obsession

which for centuries possessed the minds and bodies of men and women like ourselves?
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We think cheerfulness and laughter make for usefulness. Outsiders are
sometimes shocked when we burst into merriment over a seemingly tragic
experience out of the past. But why shouldn't we laugh? We have recovered,
and have helped others to recover. What greater cause could there be for rejoicing than this?

1. A.A. COMES OF AGE, PP. 44-45
2. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, P. 132
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"In thinking about our day we may face indecision. We may not be
able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God for
inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take
it easy. We don't struggle. We are often surprised how the right
answers come after we have tried this for a while."

Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 86
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A.A. Thought for the Day

When we came into A.A., we made a tremendous discovery. We
found that we were sick persons rather than moral lepers. We
were not such odd ducks as we thought we were. We found other
people who had the same illness that we had, who had been
through the same experiences that we had been through. They
had recovered. if they could do it, we could do it. Was hope
born in me the day I walked into A.A.?

Meditation for the Day

"He that heareth these sayings and doeth them is like unto a
man who built his house upon a rock and the rain descended and
the floods came and the wind blew and beat upon that house and
it fell not for it was founded upon a rock." When your life is
built upon obedience to God and upon doing His will as you
understand it, you will be steadfast and unmovable even in the
midst of storms. The serene, steadfast, unmovable life - the
rock home - is laid stone by stone - foundation, walls, and
roof - by acts of obedience to the heavenly vision. The daily
following of God's guidance and the daily doing of His will
shall build your house upon a rock.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that my life may be founded upon the rock of faith.
I pray that I may be obedient to the heavenly vision.