~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Prayer
"As the doubter tries the process of
prayer, he should begin to add up the results. If he persists, he will surely
find more serenity, more tolerance, less fear, and less anger. He will acquire
a quiet courage, the kind that isn't tension-ridden. He can look at 'failure'
and 'success' for what these really are. Problems and calamity will begin to
mean his instruction, instead of his destruction. Wonderful and unaccountable
things will start to happen.
"Bill
W.,
Thought to Consider . . .
Trying
to pray is praying.
*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
BS
Before Sobriety
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Self-Care
From "To
Wives":
"Be determined that your husband's
[or other loved one's] drinking is not going to spoil your relations with your
children or your friends. They need your companionship and your help. It is
possible to have a full and useful life, though your husband continues to
drink. We know women who are unafraid, even happy under these conditions. Do
not set your heart on reforming your husband. You may be unable to do so, no
matter how hard you try."
(c) 2001 AAWS, Inc.,
Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 111
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~*
MYSTERIOUS WAYS
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. . out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God
seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources
of courage were uncovered, and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that
God does "move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform."
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 105
After losing
my career, family and health, I remained unconvinced that my way of life needed
a second look. My drinking and other drug use were killing me, but I had
never met a recovering person or an A.A. member.
I thought I was destined to die alone and that I deserved it. At the peak
of my despair, my infant son became critically ill with a rare disease.
Doctors' efforts to help him proved useless. I redoubled my efforts to
block my feelings, but now the alcohol had stopped working. I was left
staring into God's eyes, begging for help. My introduction to A.A. came
within days, through an odd series of coincidences, and I have remained sober
ever since. My son lived and his disease is in remission. The
entire episode convinced me of my powerlessness and the un-manageability of my
life. Today my son and I thank God for His intervention.
(c)Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES,
INC.(c)
*~*~*~*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*~*~*~*
Only God Is Unchanging
"Change
is the characteristic of all growth. From drinking to sobriety, from dishonesty
to honesty, from conflict to serenity, from hate to love, from childish
dependence to adult responsibility - all this and infinitely more represent
change for the better.
"Such changes are accomplished by
a belief in and a practice of sound principles. Here we must
needs discard bad or ineffective principles in favor of good ones that
work. Even good principles can sometimes be displaced by the discovery of still
better ones. "Only
God is unchanging; only He has all the truth there is.
LETTER,
1966
Copyright(R)1967
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"On
awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We
consider our plans for the day. Before
we begin, we ask God to
direct our thinking, especially asking
that it be divorced from self-
pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives.
Under these conditions we
can employ our mental faculties with
assurance, for after all God
gave us brains to use. Our thought-life
will be placed on a much
higher plane when our thinking is
cleared of wrong motives."
~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 86~
*~*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*~*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
A.A. also helps us to hang onto
sobriety. By having regular meetings so that we can associate with other
alcoholics who have come through that same door in the wall, by encouraging us
to tell the story of our own sad experiences with alcohol, and by showing us
how to help other alcoholics, A.A. keeps us sober. Our attitude toward life
changes from one of pride and selfishness to one of humility and gratitude. Am
I going to step back through that door in the wall to my old helpless,
hopeless, drunken life?
Meditation for
the Day
Withdraw into the calm of communion
with God. Rest in that calm and peace. When the soul
finds its home of rest in God, then it is that real life begins. Only when you
are calm and serene can you do good work. Emotional upsets make you useless.
The eternal life is calmness and when you enter into that, then
you live as an eternal being. Calmness is based on complete trust in God.
Nothing in this world can separate you from the love of God.
Prayer for the
Day
I pray that I may wear the world like a
loose garment.
I pray that I may keep serene at the center of my being