~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Sanity
"My actions drunk or sober, before AA, were
not those of a sane person.
My desire to be honest with myself made
it necessary for me to
realize that
my drinking was irrational. It
had to be, or I could not have justified my erratic
behavior as I did. I've
been benefited from a dictionary definition I found that reads:
'rationalization is
giving a
socially acceptable reason for socially unacceptable behavior,
and socially unacceptable behavior is a
form of insanity."
c.
1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 550-1
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Thought to Consider . . .
Let the lunatic out of the attic.
*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
K I S S = Keep It Simple,
Surrender
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Path
From "The Keys of
the Kingdom":
"A.A. is not a plan for recovery
that can be finished and done with. It is a way of life, and the challenge
contained in its principles is great enough to keep any human being striving
for as long as he lives. We do not, cannot, outgrow this
plan. As arrested alcoholics, we must have a program for living that
allows for limitless expansion. Keeping one foot in front of the other is
essential for maintaining our arrestment. Others may idle in a retrogressive
[i.e., regressive] groove without too much danger, but retrogression can spell
death for us. However, this isn't as rough as it sounds, as we do become
grateful for the necessity that makes us toe the line, and we find that we are
compensated for a consistent effort by the countless dividends we
receive."
© 2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth
Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 275
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INTUITION AND INSPIRATION
. . . we ask
God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it
easy. We don't struggle.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86
I invest my
time in what I truly love. Step Eleven is a discipline that allows me and
my Higher Power to be together, reminding me that, with God's help, intuition
and inspiration are possible. Practice of the Step brings on
self-love. In a consistent attempt to improve my conscious contact with a
Higher Power, I am subtly reminded of my unhealthy past, with its patterns of
grandiose thinking and false feelings of omnipotence. When I ask for the
power to carry out God's will for me, I am made aware of my
powerlessness. Humility and a healthy self-love are compatible, a direct
result of working Step Eleven.
©Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.©
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Forgiveness
Through the
vital Fifth Step, we began to get the feeling that we could be forgiven, no
matter what we had thought or done. Often it was
while working on this Step with our sponsors or spiritual advisers that we
first felt truly able to forgive others, no matter how deeply we felt they had
wronged us. Our moral
inventory had persuaded us that all-round forgiveness was desirable, but it was
only when we resolutely tackled Step Five that we inwardly knew we'd be able to
receive forgiveness and give it, too.
TWELVE
AND TWELVE, pp. 57-58
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"We will
seldom be interested in liquor. If tempted, we recoil from
it as from a hot flame. We react sanely
and normally, and we will
find that this has happened
automatically. We will see that our new
attitude toward liquor has been given
us without any thought or
effort on our part. It just
comes!"
~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 84
*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*~
A.A. Thought
for the Day
A better
way than judging people is to look for all the good in them. If you look hard enough
and long enough, you ought to be able to find some good in every person. In A.A. I learned that my job was to try to bring out the
good, not criticize the bad. Every alcoholic is used to being judged and
criticized. That has never helped anyone to get sober. In A.A. we tell people
they can change. We try to bring out the best in them. We encourage their good
points and ignore their bad points. People are not converted by criticism. Do I
look for the good in people?
Meditation for the Day
There
must be a design for the world in the mind of God. We believe His design for
the world is a universal fellowship of men and women under the fatherhood of
God. The plan for your life must also be in the mind of God. In times of quiet
meditation you can seek for God's guidance, for the revealing of God's plan for
your day. Then you can live this day according to that guidance. Many people
are not making of their lives what God meant them to be, and so they are
unhappy. They have missed the design for their lives.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may try to follow God's design for today.
I pray that I may have the sense of Divine Intent in what I do today