~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Egomania
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"Our egomania digs two
disastrous pitfalls. Either we insist on dominating the people we know,
or we depend upon them
far too much. If we lean too heavily on people,
they will sooner or
later fail us, for they are human, too, and cannot possibly meet
our own incessant demands.
. . We have not once sought to be one in a family,
to be a friend among
friends, to be a worker among workers, to be a useful member of society."
1952AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 53
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Thought to Consider . . .
It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to
make amends for them.
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Easing God Out
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Staying
stopped
From
"A.A. Taught Him To Handle Sobriety:"
"Like
most alcoholics I have known, I DID quit drinking at various times -- once for
ten months on my own and during other interludes when I was hospitalized.
It's no great trick to stop drinking, the trick is to STAY stopped."
1976, Alcoholics Anonymous, page 554
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RELEASE FROM FEAR
The
problem of resolving fear has two aspects. We shall
have to try for all the
freedom from fear that is possible
for us to attain. Then
we shall need to find both the
courage and grace to
deal constructively with whatever fears remain.
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 61
Most
of my decisions were based on fear. Alcohol made life
easier to face, but the
time came when alcohol was no
longer an alternative to
fear. One of the greatest gifts
in A. A. for me has been
the courage to take action, which
I can do with God's help.
After five years of sobriety I
had to deal with a heavy
dose of fear. God put the people
in my life to help me do
that and, through my working the
Twelve Steps, I am
becoming the whole person I wish to be
and, for that, I am
deeply grateful.
Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
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Dividends and Mysteries
"The
A.A. preoccupation with sobriety is sometimes misunderstood. To some, this
single virtue appears to be the sole dividend of our Fellowship. We are thought
to be dried-up drunks who otherwise have changed little, or not at all, for the
better. Such a surmise widely misses the truth. We know that permanent sobriety
can be attained only by a most revolutionary change in the life and outlook of
the individual--by a spiritual awakening that can banish the desire to
drink."
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"You are asking
yourself, as all of us must: 'Who am I?'...'Where am
I?'...'Whence do I go?'
The process of enlightenment is usually slow. But, in
the end, our seeking
always brings a finding. These great mysteries are,
after all, enshrined in
completely simplicity. The willingness to grow is the
essence of all spiritual
development."
1. LETTER, 1966
2. LETTER, 1955
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"God has abundantly supplied this world with fine doctors,
psychologists, and
practitioners of various kinds. Do not hesitate to
take your health
problems to such persons. Most of them give
freely of themselves,
that their fellows may enjoy sound minds and bodies."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg.
133~
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A.A. Thought for the Day
You should be ready and
willing to carry the A.A. message
when called upon to do
so. live for some purpose greater
than yourself. Each day
you will have something to work for.
You have received so
much from this program that you should
have a vision that gives
your life a direction and a
purpose that gives
meaning to each new day. Let us not
slide along through
life. Let us have a purpose for each
day and let us make that
purpose for something greater than
just ourselves. What is
my purpose for today?
Meditation
for the Day
To see God with eyes of
faith is to cause God's power to
manifest itself in the
material world. God cannot do His
work because of
unbelief. In response to your belief, God
can work a miracle in
your personality. All miracles happen
in the realm of
personality and all are caused by and based
on belief in God's never
- failing power. But God's power
cannot manifest itself
in personalities unless those
personalities make His
power available by their faith.
We can only see God with
the eyes of faith, but this kind
of seeing produces a
great change in our way of living.
Prayer
for the Day
I pray that I may see
God with the eyes of faith.
I pray that this seeing will produce a
change in my personality.