~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Concepts
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"The word God still aroused a certain
antipathy.
When the thought was expressed that
there might be a God
personal to me this feeling was
intensified.
I didn't like the idea. . .
My friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea.
He said, 'Why don't you choose your
own conception of God?'
That statement hit me hard.
It melted the icy intellectual mountain
in whose shadow
I had lived and shivered many years.
I stood in the sunlight at last."
Bill
W.,
c.1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p.
12
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Thought to Consider . . .
God seldom becomes a reality
until God becomes a necessity.
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G I F T = God Is Forever There
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Force
From "Faith in
People":
"In the whole measure of my life,
the benefits of the A.A. experience have far outweighed the damages of active alcoholism.
What was it that overcame my pride (for the moment) and made me reachable? The
best answer I can find is what my father used to call 'the life force.' It is in all of us, I believe; it animates all
living things; it keeps the galaxies wheeling.
� 1973 AAWS, Inc.; Came to
Believe, 30th printing 2004, pgs. 84-85
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ONE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY
For our
group purpose there is but one ultimate authority a loving God as He may express
Himself in our group conscience.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 132
When I am
chosen to carry some small responsibility for my fellows, I ask that God grant
me the patience, open-minded ness, and willingness to
listen to those I would lead. I must remind myself that I am the trusted
servant of others, not their "governor," "teacher," or
"instructor." God guides my words and my actions,
and my responsibility is to heed His suggestions. Trust is my watchword,
I trust others who lead. In the Fellowship of A.A., I entrust God with
the ultimate authority of "running the show."
�Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.�
*~*~*~*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*~*~*~*
Anonymity and Sobriety
As the A.A. groups
multiplied, so did anonymity problems. Enthusiastic over the spectacular
recovery of a brother alcoholic, we'd sometimes discuss those intimate and
harrowing aspects of his case meant for his sponsor's ear alone. The aggrieved
victim would then rightly declare that his trust had been broken.
When such stories got into circulation
outside of A.A., the loss of confidence in our anonymity promise was severe. It
frequently turned people from us. Clearly, every A.A. member's name - and
story, too - had to be confidential, if he wished.
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We now fully realize that 100 per cent
personal anonymity before the public is just as vital to the life of A.A. as
100 per cent sobriety is to the life of each and every member. This is not the
counsel of fear; it is the prudent voice of long experience.
1.
TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 185 - 2. A.A COMES OF AGE, p. 293
*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"Remember
that we deal with alcohol, cunning, baffling, powerful!
Without help it is too much for us. But
there is One who has all
power that One is God. May you find Him
now!"
~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, Page 58~
*~*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*~*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
Sixth,
I have A.A. meetings to go to, thank God.Where would I
go without them? Where would I be without them? Where would I find the
sympathy, the understanding, the fellowship, the companionship? Nowhere else in the world. I have come home. I have found
the place where I belong. I no longer wander alone over the face of the earth.
I am at peace and at rest. What a great gift has been given me by A.A.! I do
not deserve it. But it is nevertheless mine. I have a home at last. I am
content. Do I thank God every day for the A.A. fellowship?
Meditation for
the Day
Walk all
the way with another person and with God. Do not go part of the way and then
stop. Do not push God so far into the background that He has no effect on your
life. Walk all the way with Him. Make a good companion of God, by praying to
Him often during the day. Do not let your contact with Him be broken for too
long a period. Work all the way with God and with other people, along the path
of life, wherever it may lead you.
Prayer for the
Day
I pray that
I may walk in companionship with God along the way. I pray that I may keep my
feet upon the path that leads upward.