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Procrastination
"After a preliminary trial at making
amends, we may enjoy such a sense of relief that we conclude our task is finished.
We will want to rest on our laurels. The temptation to skip the more
humiliating and dreaded meetings that still remain may be great. We may just procrastinate, telling ourselves the time is not yet, when
in reality we have already passed up many a fine chance to right a serious
wrong. Let's not talk prudence while practicing evasion.
"Twelve Steps
and Twelve Traditions, p. 85
Thought to Consider . . .
Procrastination is really sloth in five
syllables.
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 67
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ISM
I Sponsor Myself
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Generosity
From "Thousands
of 'Founders:'"
"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. "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."
c. 1967, As Bill Sees It, page 67
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~*
THE GOD IDEA
When we saw
others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the
Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God. Our ideas did not
work But the God idea did.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 52
Like a blind man gradually being restored
to sight, I slowly groped my way to the Third Step. Having realized that
only a Power greater than myself could rescue me from the hopeless abyss I was
in, I knew that this was a Power that I had to grasp, and that it would be my
anchor in the midst of a sea of woes. Even though my faith at that time
was minuscule, it was big enough to make me see that it was time for me to
discard my reliance on my prideful ego and replace it with the steadying
strength that could only come from a Power far greater than myself.
©Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.©
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Breach the Walls of Ego
People who are
driven by pride of self unconsciously blind themselves to their liabilities.
Newcomers of this sort scarcely need comforting. The problem is to help them
discover a chink in the walls their ego has built, through which the light of
reason can shine.
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The attainment of greater humility is
the foundation principle of each of A.A.'s Twelve
Steps. For without some degree of humility, no alcoholic can stay sober at all.
Nearly all A.A.'s have found, too, that
unless they develop much more of this precious quality than may be required
just for sobriety, they still haven't much chance of becoming truly happy.
Without it, they cannot live to much useful purpose, or, in adversity, be able
to summon the faith that can meet any emergency.
TWELVE AND TWELVE - 1. p.
46 - 2. p. 70
Copyright®1967 Alcoholics Anonymous
World Services, Inc.
*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"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
We
alcoholics were on a merry-go-round, going round and round, and we couldn't get
off. That merry-go-round is a kind of hell on earth. In A.A.
I got off that merry-go-round by learning to stay sober. I pray to my Higher
Power every morning to help me to keep sober. And I get the strength from that
Power to do what I could never do with my own strength. I do not doubt the
existence of that Power. We're not speaking into a vacuum when we pray. That Power is there, if we will use it. Am I off the
merry-go-round of drinking for good?
Meditation
for the Day
I must remember that in spiritual
matters I am only an instrument. It is not mine to decide how or when I am to
act. God plans all spiritual matters. It is up to me to make myself fit to do
God's work. All that hinders my spiritual activity must be eliminated. I can
depend on God for all the strength I need to overcome those faults that are
blocks. I must keep myself fit, so that God can use me as a channel for His
spirit.
Prayer for
the Day
I pray that my selfishness may not
hinder my progress in spiritual matters.
I pray that I may be a good instrument for God to work with