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Perfection

"Day by day, we try to move a little toward God's perfection. So we need not be consumed

by maudlin guilt for failure to achieve His likeness and image by Thursday next.
Progress is our aim, and His perfection is the beacon, light-years away, that draws us on."
Bill W., Letter, 1966
c. 1967AAWS, As Bill Sees It, p. 15
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Thought to Consider . . .

Remember the 3 P's:
Perfectionism (leads to) Procrastination (leads to) Paralysis.

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P U T  =  Patience, Understanding, Tolerance.

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Belief

From "He Took Control":

"One of the oldtimers used the electricity metaphor, which I later found in the Big Book. 'A person walking into a dark room does not worry about understanding electricity,' he said. 'He just finds the switch and turns on the light.' He explained that we can turn on the switch of spirituality by simply asking God each morning for another day of sobriety and thanking Him at night for another beautiful sober day. He said, 'Do it mechanically if you really don’t believe in it. But do it every day. There is probably no one who really understands the wonderful ways of the Higher Power, and we don’t need to. He understands us.'"

� 1973 AAWS, Inc.; Came to Believe, 30^th printing 2004, pg. 30

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PROTECTION FOR ALL

At the personal level, anonymity provides protection for all members from identification as alcoholics, a safeguard often of special importance to newcomers.  At the level of press, radio, TV, and films, anonymity stresses the equality in the Fellowship of all members by putting the brake on those who might otherwise exploit their A.A. affiliation to achieve recognition, power, or personal gain.

"UNDERSTANDING ANONYMITY," p. 5

Attraction is the main force in the Fellowship of A.A.  The miracle of continuous sobriety of alcoholics

within A.A. confirms the fact every day.  It would be harmful if the Fellowship promoted itself by

publicizing, through the media of radio and TV, the sobriety of well-known public personalities who

became members of A.A.  If these personalities happened to have slips, outsiders would think our

movement is not strong and they might question the veracity of the miracle of the century. 

Alcoholics Anonymous is not anonymous, but its members should be.

Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
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Random Quote - Better than Gold

As newcomers, many of us have indulged in spiritual intoxication. Like a gaunt prospector, belt drawn in over the last ounce of food, we saw our pick strike gold. Joy at our release from a lifetime of frustration knew no bounds. The newcomer feels he has struck something better than gold. He may not see at once that he has barely scratched a limitless lode which will pay dividends only if he mines it for the rest of his life and insists on giving away the entire product.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp . 128-129
Copyright 1967 Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc
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"Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to
Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give
freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the
Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you
trudge the Road of Happy Destiny."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, A Vision For You, pg. 164
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A.A. Thought for the Day

We have slips in A.A. It has been said these are not slips but premeditated drunks, because we have to think about taking a drink before we actually take one. The thought always comes before the act. It is suggested that people should always get in touch with an A.A. before taking that first drink. The failure to do so, makes it probable that they had decided to take the drink anyway. And yet the thoughts that come before taking a drink are often largely subconscious. People usually don't know consciously what made them do it. Therefore, the common practice is to call these things slips. Am I on guard against wrong thinking?

Meditation for the Day

"The eternal God is thy refuge." He is a sanctuary, a refuge from the cares of life. You can get away from the misunderstanding of others by retiring into your own place of meditation. But from yourself, from your sense of failure, your weakness, your shortcomings, whither can you flee? Only to the eternal God, your refuge, until the immensity of His spirit envelops your spirit and it loses its smallness and weakness and comes into harmony again with His.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may lose my limitations in the immensity of God's love.

I pray that my spirit may be in harmony with His spirit