~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Unity
"The
unity of Alcoholics Anonymous is the most
cherished quality our Society has.
Our lives, the lives of all to come,
depend squarely upon it.
We stay whole, or AA dies.
Without unity, the heart of AA would
cease to beat; our
world arteries would no longer carry
the life-giving grace of God;
His gift to us would be spent
aimlessly. Back again
in their caves,
alcoholics would reproach us and say,
'What a great thing AA might have
been!'"
Bill
W., Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 130
Thought to Consider . . .
I am
responsible.
When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for
help, I want the hand
of AA always to be there.
And for that: I am responsible
*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
ABC
Acceptance, Belief, Change
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Faith
From "Fresh
Snow":
"While some days may offer only a
modicum of frantic serenity, twenty-six years later I still know the same inner
tranquility that comes with forgiveness of self and the acceptance of God's
will. Each new morning, there is faith in sobriety--sobriety not as mere
abstinence from alcohol, but as progressive recovery in every facet of my
life.--
(c) 1973 AAWS, Inc.; Came
to Believe, 30th printing 2004, pg. 13
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~*
EQUALITY
Our membership ought to include all who suffer from
alcoholism. Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover. Nor ought
A.A. membership ever depend upon money or
conformity. Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety
may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a group, they have no
other affiliation.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 565
Prior to A.A.,
I often felt that I didn't "fit in" with the people around me.
Usually "they" had more/less money than I did, and my points of view
didn't jibe with "theirs." The amount of prejudice I had
experienced in society only proved to me just how phony some self-righteous
people were. After joining A.A., I found the way of life I had been
searching for. In A.A. no member is better than any other member; we're
just alcoholics trying to recover from alcoholism.
(c)Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.(c)
*~*~*~*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*~*~*~*
Keystone of the Arch
Faced with
alcoholic destruction, we became open-minded on spiritual matters. In this
respect
alcohol was great persuader. It finally beat
us into a state of reasonableness.
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We had to quit playing God. It didn't
work. We decided that hereafter, in this drama of life,
God was going to be our Director. He would be the Principal; we, His agents.
Most good ideas are simple, and this
concept was the keystone of the new triumphal arch through which we passed to
freedom.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 1.P. 48 2. P. 62
*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"We
know that while the alcoholic keeps away from drink, as he may do
for months or years, he reacts much
like other men. We are equally
positive that once he takes any alcohol
whatever into his system,
something happens, both in the bodily
and mental sense, which makes
it virtually impossible for him to
stop. The experience of any
alcoholic will abundantly confirm
this."
~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 22~
*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
When you come into an A.A. meeting,
you're not just coming into a meeting, you're coming into a new life. I'm always
impressed by the change I see in people after they've been in A.A. for a while.
I sometimes take an inventory of myself, to see whether I have changed, and if
so, in what way. Before I met A.A., I was very selfish. I wanted my own way in
everything. I don't believe I ever grew up. When things went wrong, I sulked
like a spoiled child and often went out and got drunk. Am I still all
"get" and no "give"?
Meditation
for the Day
There are two things that we must have
if we are going to change our way of life. One is faith, the confidence in
things unseen, the fundamental goodness and purpose in the universe. The other
is obedience: that is, living according to our faith, living each day as we
believe that God wants us to live, with gratitude, humility, honesty, purity,
unselfishness, and love. Faith and obedience, these two, will give us all the
strength we need to overcome sin and temptation and to live a new and more
abundant life.
Prayer for
the Day
I pray that I may have more faith and
obedience.
I pray that I may live a more abundant life as a result of these things.