~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Inventory
"We continue to take personal inventory
and continue to set right any new mistakes as we go along. We vigorously
commenced this way of living as we cleaned up the past. We have entered the
world of the Spirit. Our next function is to grow in understanding and
effectiveness. This is not an overnight matter. It should continue for our
lifetime. Continue to look for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and
fear."
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 84
Thought to Consider . . .
When I am too
busy to pray - I am just too busy.
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CHANGE Choosing Honesty Allows New Growth Everyday
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Focus
From "The Three
Legacies of Alcoholics Anonymous":
"The Washingtonian Society, a
movement among alcoholics which started in
© 2001 AAWS, Inc.;
Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pgs. 124-25
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TURNING IT OVER
Every man
and woman who has joined A.A. and intends to stick has, without realizing it,
made a beginning on Step Three. Isn't it true that in all matters
touching upon alcohol, each of them has decided to turn his or her life over to
the care, protection, and guidance of Alcoholics Anonymous? . .
. Any willing newcomer feels sure A.A. is the only safe harbor for the
foundering vessel he has become. Now if this is not turning one's will
and life over to a newfound
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 35
Submission to
God was the first step to my recovery. I believe our Fellowship seeks a
spirituality open to a new kinship with God. As I exert myself to follow
the path of the Steps, I sense a freedom that gives me the ability to think for
myself. My addiction confined me without any release and hindered my
ability to be released from my self-confinement, but A.A. assures me of a way
to go forward. Mutual sharing, concern and caring for others is our
natural gift to each other and mine is strengthened as my attitude toward God
changes. I learn to submit to God's will in my life, to have
self-respect, and to keep both of these attitudes by giving away what I
receive.
©Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.©
*~*~*~*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*~*~*~*
Thousands of "Founders"
"While I
thank God that I was privileged to be an early member of A.A., I honestly wish
that the word 'founder' could be eliminated from the A.A. vocabulary. "When
you get right down to it, everyone who has done any amount of successful
Twelfth Step work is bound to be the founder of a new life for other
alcoholics."
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"A.A. was
not invented! Its basics were brought to us through the experience and wisdom
of many great friends. We simply borrowed and adapted their ideas."
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"Thankfully,
we have accepted the devoted services of many non-alcoholics. We owe our very
lives to the men and women of medicine and religion. And, speaking for Dr. Bob
and myself, I gratefully declare that had it not been for our wives, Anne and
Lois, neither of us could have lived to see A.A.'s
beginning."
1.
LETTER, 1945 - 2. LETTER, 1966 - 3. LETTER, 1966
Copyright®1967 Alcoholics Anonymous
World Services, Inc.
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"Now
we go out to our fellows and repair the damage done in the
past. We attempt to sweep away the
debris which has accumulated out
of our effort to live on self-will and
run the show ourselves. If we
haven't the will to do this, we ask
until it comes. Remember it was
agreed at the beginning we would go to
any lengths for victory over alcohol."
~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg.76~
*~*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*~*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
We must
go to A.A. meetings regularly. We must learn to think differently. We must
change from alcoholic thinking to sober thinking. We must reeducate our minds.
We must try to help other alcoholics. We must cooperate with God by spending at
least as much time and energy on the A.A. program as we did on drinking. We
must follow the A.A. program to the best of our ability. Have I turned my
alcoholic problem over to God and am I cooperating with Him?
Meditation
for the Day
The joy of true fellowship shall be
mine in full measure. I will revel in the joy of real fellowship. There will
come back a wonderful joy, if I share in fellowship now. Fellowship among
spiritually minded people is the embodiment of God's purpose for this world. To
realize this will bring me a new life-joy. If I share in humanity's joy and
travail, a great blessing will be mine. I can truly live a life not of earth,
but a heaven life here and now.
Prayer for
the Day
I pray that I may be helped and healed
by true spiritual fellowship.
I pray that I may sense His presence in spiritual fellowship with His children