~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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The Group
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"Over the years, every conceivable
deviation
from our Twelve Steps and Traditions
have been tried.
That was sure to be, since we are so
largely a band
of ego-driven individuals.
Children of chaos, we have defiantly
played with
every brand of fire,
only to emerge unharmed and, we think,
wiser.
These very deviations created a vast
process
of trial and error, which, under the
grace of God,
has brought us to where we stand today.
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We saw that the group, exactly like the
individual,
must eventually conform to whatever
tested principles would guarantee
survival."
c.1952AAWS,
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 146
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Thought to Consider . . .
Working with alcoholics in committees
is like trying to herd cats.
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C H A O S = Can't Handle Another Overwhelming Situation
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Business
From "The Three
Legacies of Alcoholics Anonymous":
"When they heard that the book was
making money, some of the cash subscribers, including even
"Therefore Ruth and I set about
making Works Publishing’s first report to its stockholders. We
outlined the history of the book project and painted a rosy picture for the
future. From the mass of check stubs, old bills, and receipts we made an
approximate accounting. As I remember, the publishing company had shown a
profit of about $3,000, which had all been spent on A.A. work at the
office."
� 2001 AAWS, Inc.;
Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pg. 188
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~*
A.A.'s HEARTBEAT
Without
unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; . . .
AS BILL SEES IT, p. 125
Without unity I would be unable to recover in
A.A. on a daily basis. By practicing unity within my group, with other
A.A. members and at all levels of this great Fellowship, I receive a pronounced
feeling of knowing that I am a part of a miracle that was divinely
inspired. The ability of Bill W. and Dr. Bob, working together and
passing it on to other members, tells me that to give it away is to keep
it. Unity is oneness and yet the whole Fellowship is for all of us.
�Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.�
*~*~*~*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*~*~*~*
A Mighty Beginning
Even the
newest of newcomers finds undreamed rewards
as he tries to help his brother
alcoholic, the one
who is even blinder than he.
This is indeed the kind of giving that
actually demands nothing.
He does not expect his brother sufferer
to pay him,
or even to love him. And then he
discovers that through
the divine paradox of this kind of
giving
he has found his own reward, whether or
not his brother
has yet received anything. His own
character may still
be gravely defective, but he somehow
knows that God
has enabled him to make a mighty
beginning,
and he senses that he stands at the
edge of new mysteries,
joys, and experiences of which he had never
before dreamed.
TWELVE
AND TWELVE, pp. 109-110
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"We
have begun to comprehend their futility and their fatality. We
have commenced to see their terrible
destructiveness. We have begun
to learn tolerance, patience and good
will toward all men, even our
enemies, for we look on them as sick
people."
~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, Pg. 70~
*~*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*~*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
Fifth,
I have learned to live one day at a time. I have finally realized the great
fact that all I have is now. This sweeps away all vain regret and it makes my thoughts
of the future free of fear. Now is mine. I can do what I want with it. I own
it, for better or worse. What I do now, in this present moment, is what makes
up my life. My whole life is only a succession of nows.
I will take this moment, which has been given to me by the grace of God, and I
will do something with it. What I do with each now will make me or break me. Am
I living in the now?
Meditation
for the Day
We should work at overcoming ourselves,
our selfish desires and our self-centeredness. This can never be fully
accomplished. We can never become entirely unselfish. But we can come to
realize that we are not at the center of the universe and that everything does
not revolve around us at the center. I am only one cell in a vast network of human
cells. I can at least make the effort to conquer the self-life and seek daily
to obtain more and more of this self-conquest. "He that overcomes himself
is greater than he who conquers a city."
Prayer for
the Day
I pray that I may strive to overcome my
selfishness. I pray that I may achieve the right perspective of my position in
the world.