Hello Everyone,

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Foundation
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"There is a direct linkage among self-examination, meditation, and prayer.
Taken separately, these practices can bring much relief and benefit.
But when they are logically related and interwoven, the result is an unshakable foundation for life.
Now and then we may be granted a glimpse of that ultimate reality which is God's kingdom.
And we will be comforted and assured that our own destiny in that realm will be secure
for so long as we try, however falteringly, to find and do the will of our own Creator."
Â©1952AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 98
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Thought to Consider . . .

Prayer is asking a question.
Meditation is listening for the answer.

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A S A P = Always Say A Prayer

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Patience

From "When A.A. Came of Age":

As we New Yorkers continued to reminisce the small hours away at St. Louis, we thought of Ruth Hock, the devoted nonalcoholic girl who had taken reams of dictation and had done months of typing and retyping when the book Alcoholics Anonymous was in preparation. She often went without pay, taking the then seemingly worthless stock of Works Publishing instead. I recall with deep gratitude how often her wise advice and her good humor and patience helped to settle the endless squabbles about the book's content. Many an oldtimer at St. Louis also remembered with gratitude those warm letters Ruth had written to him when he was a loner struggling to stay sober out there in the grass roots.

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MAKING A.A. YOUR HIGHER POWER

". . . You can . . . make A.A. itself your 'higher power.' Here's a very large group of people who have solved their alcohol problem. . . . many members . . . have crossed the threshold just this way. . . . their faith broadened and deepened. . . . transformed, they came to believe in a Higher Power. . . "

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, pp. 27-28

No one was greater than I, at least in my eyes, when I was drinking. Nevertheless, I couldn't smile at myself in the mirror, so I came to A.A. where, with others, I heard talk of a Higher Power. I couldn't accept the concept of a Higher Power because I believed God was cruel and unloving. In desperation I chose a table, a tree, then my A.A. group, as my Higher Power. Time passed, my life improved, and I began to wonder about this Higher Power. Gradually, with patience, humility and a lot of questions, I came to believe in God. Now my relationship with my Higher Power gives me the strength to live a happy, sober life.

Â©Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.Â©
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Fear No Evil

Though we of A.A. find ourselves living in a world characterized by
destructive fears as never before in history, we see great areas of faith,
and tremendous aspirations toward justice and brotherhood. Yet no prophet can presume to

say whether the world outcome will be blazing destruction or the beginning, under God's intention,

of the brightest era yet known to mankind.
I am sure we A.A.'s will comprehend this scene. In microcosm, we have
experienced this identical state of terrifying uncertainty, each in his own
life. In no sense pridefully, we can say that we do not fear the world
outcome, whichever course it may take. This is because we have been enabled to deeply feel and say,

"We shall fear no evil--Thy will, not ours, be done."

GRAPEVINE, JANUARY 1962

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"We realized that the people who wronged us were perhaps spiritually
sick. Though we did not like their symptoms and the way these
disturbed us, they, like ourselves, were sick too. We asked God to
help us show them the same tolerance, pity, and patience that we
would cheerfully grant a sick friend. When a person offended we said
to ourselves, 'This is a sick man. How can I be helpful to him? God
save me from being angry. Thy will be done.”

Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 66

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A.A. Thought for the Day

In A.A. we have three things: fellowship, faith, and service.
Fellowship is wonderful, but its wonder lasts just so long.
Then some gossip, disillusionment, and boredom may come in.
Worry and fear come back at times and we find that fellowship
is not the whole story. Then we need faith. When we're alone,
with no- body to pat us on the back, we must turn to God for
help. Can I say "Thy will be done" - and mean it?

Meditation for the Day

There is beauty in a God-guided life. There is wonder in the
feeling of being led by God. Try to realize God's bounty and
goodness more and more. God is planning for you. Wonderful are His ways -
they are beyond your knowledge. But God's leading will enter your
consciousness more and more and bring you ever more peace and joy. Your life is being

planned and blessed by God. You may count all material things as losses if they prevent

your winning your way to the consciousness of God's guidance.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may earn the rewards of God's power and peace.
I pray that I may develop the feeling of being led by God.