~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Why Worry?
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"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
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Thought to Consider . . .
Every day is a gift.
That is why we call it the present.
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S I T = Stay In Today
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Within
From "Inner Voice":
"Long before nagging and pressures
from others concerning my excessive use of alcohol made any impression on me,
the nagging voice of conscience my own inner voice
of truth and right apprised me of the irrevocable fact that I had lost
control of alcohol, that I was powerless. I know now that the inner voice was
God, as I understand Him, speaking. For, as I had been taught from earliest
memory and as A.A. has emphasized, God or
good emanates from within each of us.
1973 AAWS, Inc.; 30th Printing 2004, Came to Believe, pg. 83
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~*
HOPE
Do not be discouraged.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 60
Few
experiences are of less value to me than fast sobriety. Too many times
discouragement has been the bonus for unrealistic expectations, not to mention
self-pity or fatigue from my wanting to change the world by the weekend.
Discouragement is a warning signal that I may have wandered across the God
line. The secret of fulfilling my potential is in acknowledging my
limitations and believing that time is a gift, not a threat.
Hope is the key that unlocks the door
of discouragement. The program promises me that if I do not pick up the
first drink today, I will always have hope. Having come to believe that I
keep what I share, every time I encourage, I receive courage. It is with
others that, with the grace of God and the Fellowship of A.A., I trudge the
road of happy destiny. May I always remember that the power within me is
far greater than any fear before me. May I
always have patience, for I am on the right road.
Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
*~*~*~*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*~*~*~*
Resolving Fear
Fear somehow
touched about every aspect of our lives. It was an evil and corroding thread;
the fabric of our existence was shot through with it. It set in motion trains
of circumstances which brought us misfortune we felt we didn't deserve. But did
not we often set the ball rolling ourselves?
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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 the grace to
deal constructively with whatever fears remain.
1.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 67-68 - 2. GRAPEVINE, JANUARY 1962
Copyright®1967 Alcoholics Anonymous
World Services, Inc
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"Although
financial recovery is on the way for many of us, we found
we could not place money first. For us,
material well-being always
followed spiritual progress; it never preceded."
~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 127~
*~*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*~*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
Over a period of drinking years, we've
proved to ourselves and to everybody else that we can't stop drinking by our
own willpower. We have been proved helpless before the power of alcohol. So the
only way we could stop drinking was by turning to a Power greater than
ourselves. We call that Power God. The time that you really get this program is
when you get down on your knees and surrender yourself to God, as you
understand Him. Surrender means putting your life into God's hands. Have I made
a promise to God that I will try to live the way He wants me to live?
Meditation
for the Day
Spirit-power comes from communication with
God in prayer and times of quiet meditation. I must constantly seek
spirit-communication with God. This is a matter directly between me and God.
Those who seek it through the medium of the church do not always get the joy
and the wonder of spirit communication with God. From this communication comes life, joy, peace, and healing. Many people do not
realize the power that can come to them from direct spirit-communication.
Prayer for
the Day
I pray
that I may feel that God's power is mine.
I pray that I may be able to face anything through that power