~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Practice
"God willing, we members of AA may never
again have to deal with drinking,
but we do have to deal with sobriety
every day. How do we do
it?
By learning --
through practicing the Twelve Steps and through sharing at meetings --
how to cope with the problems
that we looked to booze to solve, back
in our drinking days."
c.
1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 560
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Thought to Consider . . .
There's no elevator, you have to take
the Steps.
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S T E P S = Solutions To Every Problem in Sobriety
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Alteration
From
"Spiritual Experience:"
"Personality change sufficient to
bring about recovery
has manifested itself among us in many
different
forms. "Quite often friends of the
newcomer are aware of the difference long before he is himself. He
finally
realizes that he has undergone a profound alteration in his reaction to life;
that such a change
could hardly
have been brought about by himself alone."
c. 2001, Alcoholics
Anonymous, page 567
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MORNING THOUGHTS
Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for
the man who is still sick.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 164
For many years I pondered over God's will for me,
believing that perhaps a great destiny had been ordained for my life.
After all, having been born into a specific faith, hadn't I been told early
that I was "chosen"? It finally occurred to me, as I
considered the above passage, that God's will for me was simply that I practice
Step Twelve on a daily basis. Furthermore, I realized I should do this to
the best of my ability. I soon learned that the practice aids me in
keeping my life in the context of the day at hand.
©Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD
SERVICES, INC.©
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Our Protective Mantle
Almost
every newspaper reporter who covers A.A. complains, at first, of the difficulty
of writing his story without names. But he quickly forgets this difficulty when
he realizes that here is a group of people who care nothing for acclaim.
Probably this is the first time in his
life he has ever reported on an organization that wants no personalized
publicity. Cynic though he may be, this obvious sincerity quickly transforms
him into a friend of A.A.
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Moved
by the spirit of anonymity, we try to give up our natural desires for personal
distinction as A.A. members, both among fellow alcoholics and before the
general public. As we lay aside these very human aspirations, we believe that
each of us takes part in the weaving of a protective mantle which covers our
whole Society and under which we may grow and work in unity.
1.
GRAPEVINE, MARCH 1946 - 2. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 187
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"When you discover a prospect
for Alcoholics Anonymous, find out all
you can about him. If he does not want to stop drinking,
don't
waste time trying to persuade him. You
may spoil a later opportunity."
Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 90
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A.A. Thought for the Day
I am less critical of other people,
inside and outside of A.A. I used to run people down all the time. I realize
now that it was because I wanted unconsciously to build myself up. I was
envious of people who lived normal lives. I couldn't understand why I couldn't
be like them. And so I ran them down. I called them sissies or hypocrites. I
was always looking for faults in the other person. I loved to tear down what I
called "a stuffed shirt" or "a snob." I have found that I
can never make a person any better by criticism. A.A. has taught me this. Am I
less critical of people?
Meditation for the Day
You must admit your helplessness before
your prayer for help will be heard by God. Your own need must be recognized
before you can ask God for the strength to meet that need. But once that need
is recognized, your prayer is heard above all the music of heaven. It is not
theological arguments that solve the problems of the questing soul, but the
sincere cry of that soul to God for strength and the certainty of that soul
that the cry will be heard and answered.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may send my voiceless cry
for help out into the void.
I pray that I may feel
certain that it will be heard somewhere, somehow.