~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Diagnosis
"We do not like to pronounce any
individual as alcoholic, but you can quickly diagnose yourself.
Step over to the nearest barroom and try some
controlled drinking. Try to drink and stop abruptly.
Try it more than once. It
will not take long for you to decide, if you are honest with yourself about
it.
It may be worth a bad case of jitters if
you get a full knowledge of your condition."
c.
1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 31-2
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Thought to Consider . . .
If you want to quit drinking, you are
going to have to quit drinking.
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D E A D = Drinking Ends All Dreams
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Decision
From "A Vision
for You":
"Now and then a serious drinker,
being dry at the moment says, 'I don’t miss it at all. Feel better. Work
better. Having a better time.' As ex-problem drinkers,
we smile at such a sally. We know our friend is like a boy whistling in the
dark to keep up his spirits. He fools himself. Inwardly he would give anything
to take half a dozen drinks and get away with them. He will presently try the
old game again, for he isn’t happy about his sobriety. He cannot
picture life without alcohol. Some day he will be unable to imagine life either
with alcohol or without it. Then he will know loneliness such as few do. He
will be at the jumping-off place. He will wish for the end."
� 2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth
Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pgs. 151-52
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~*
THE HAZARDS OF PUBLICITY
People who
symbolize causes and ideas fill a deep human need. We of A.A. do not
question that. But we do have to soberly face the fact that being in the public
eye is hazardous, especially for us.
TWELVE
STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 181
As a recovered alcoholic I must make an
effort to put into practice the principles of the A.A. program, which are
founded on honesty, truth and humility. While I was drinking I was
constantly trying to be in the limelight. Now that I am conscious of my
mistakes and of my former lack of integrity, it would not be honest to seek
prestige, even for the justifiable purpose of promoting the A.A. message of
recovery. Is the publicity that centers around
the A.A. Fellowship and the miracles it produces not worth much more? Why
not let the people around us appreciate by themselves the changes that A.A. has
brought in us, for that will be a far better recommendation for the Fellowship
than any I could make.
�Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
WORLD SERVICES, INC.�
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To Grow Up
Those
adolescent urges that so many of us have for complete approval, utter security,
and perfect romance - urges quite appropriate to age seventeen - prove to be an
impossible way of life at forty-seven or fifty-seven.
Since A.A. began, I've taken huge
wallops in all these areas because of my failure to grow up, emotionally and
spiritually.
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As we grow spiritually, we find that
our old attitudes toward our instinctual drives need to undergo drastic
revisions. Our demands for emotional security and wealth, for personal prestige
and power all have to be tempered and redirected. We learn that the full satisfaction of these demands
cannot be the sole end and aim of our lives. We cannot place the cart before
the horse, or we shall be pulled backward into disillusionment. But when we are
willing to place spiritual growth first - then and only then do we have a real
chance to grow in healthy awareness and mature love.
1.
GRAPEVINE, JANUARY 1958 - 2. TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 114
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"'There
is a principle which is a bar against all information, which
is proof against all arguments and
which cannot fail to keep a man in
everlasting ignorance , that principle
is contempt prior to investigation.'"
~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, Appendice II, Spiritual
Experience, pg. 568~
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A.A. Thought for the Day
Continuing our thoughts about the
rewards that have come to us as a result of our new way of living, we have
found that we have gotten rid of any of our fears, resentments, inferiority
complexes, negative points of view, self-centeredness, criticism of others,
over sensitiveness, inner conflicts, the habits of procrastination,
undisciplined sex, wasting money, boredom, false perfectionism, jealousy, and
envy of others. We are glad to be rid of our drinking, and we are also very
glad to be rid of these other things. We can now go forward in the new way of
life, as shown us by A.A. Am I ready to go forward in the new life?
Meditation
for the Day
"He that has eyes to see, let him
see." To the Seeing Eye, the world is good. Pray for a Seeing Eye, to see
the purpose of God in everything good. Pray for enough faith to see God's care
in His dealings with you. Try to see how He has brought you safely through your
past life so that now you can be of use in the world. With the eyes of faith
you can see God's care and purpose everywhere.
Prayer for
the Day
I pray that I may have a Seeing Eye.
I pray that with the eye of faith I may see God's purpose everywhere.