~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Anonymity
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"We now fully realize that
100 per cent personal anonymity before the public is just as vital to the life
of AA
as 100 percent sobriety
is to the life of each and every member. This is not the counsel of fear;
it is the voice of long
experience."
1957AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, p. 293
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Thought to Consider . . .
Walk softly and carry a Big Book.
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N O N Y M O U S =
Actions, Not Our Names,
Yield Maintenance Of Unity and Service.
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Aware
From
"Bill's Story":
"My friend
suggested what then seemed a novel idea. He said, 'Why don’t you choose
your own conception of God?'
"That statement hit
me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I had lived
and shivered many years.
I stood in the sunlight at last."
2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition;
Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 12
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SACRIFICE = UNITY = SURVIVAL
The
unity, the effectiveness, and even the survival of A.A. will always depend upon
our continued willingness to give up some of our personal ambitions and desires
for the common safety and welfare. Just as sacrifice means survival for the
individual alcoholic, so does sacrifice mean unity and survival for the group
and for A.A.'s entire Fellowship.
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 220
I
have learned that I must sacrifice some of my personality traits for the good
of A.A. and, as a result, I have been rewarded with many gifts. False pride can
be inflated through prestige but, by living Tradition Six, I receive the gift
of humility instead. Cooperation without affiliation is often deceiving. If I
remain unrelated to outside interests, I am free to keep A.A. autonomous. Then
the Fellowship will be here, healthy and strong for generations to come.
Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
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Imaginary Perfection
When we early A.A.'s got
our first glimmer of how spiritually prideful we
could be, we coined this expression: "Don't try to be a saint
by Thursday!"
That old-time admonition
may look like another of those handy alibis that can
excuse us from trying
for our best. Yet a closer view reveals just the
contrary. This is our
A.A. way of warning against pride-blindness, and the
imaginary perfections
that we do not posses.
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Only Step One, where we
made the 100 per cent admission that we were
powerless over alcohol,
can be practiced with absolute perfection. The
remaining eleven Steps
state perfect ideals. They are goals toward which we
look,
and the measuring sticks by
which we estimate our progress.
1. GRAPEVINE, JUNE 1961 - 2. TWELVE AND TWELVE, P. 68
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"...we then look at Step Six. We have emphasized
willingness as
being indispensable. Are
we now ready to let God remove from us all
the things which we have
admitted are objectionable? Can He now take
them all-every one? If
we still cling to something we will not let
go, we ask God to help
us be willing."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 76~
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A.A. Thought for the Day
Alcoholics are unable or
unwilling, during their addiction
to alcohol, to live in
the present. The result is that they
live in a constant state
of remorse and fear because of
their unholy past and
its morbid attraction, or the uncertain
future and its vague
foreboding. So the only real hope for
the alcoholic is to face
the present. Now is the time. Now is
ours. The past is beyond
recall. The future is as uncertain
as life itself. Only the
now belongs to us. Am I living in the now?
Meditation
for the Day
I must forget the past
as much as possible. The past is over
and gone forever.
Nothing can be done about the past, except
to make what restitution
I can. I must not carry the burden of
my past failures. I must
go on in faith. The clouds will clear
and the way will
lighten. The path will become less stony with
every forward step I
take. God has no reproach for anything
that He has healed. I
can be made whole and free, even though
I have wrecked my life
in the past. Remember the saying:
"Neither do I
condemn thee; go and sin no more."
Prayer
for the Day
I pray that I may not
carry the burden of the past.
I pray that I may cast
it off and press on in faith.