Hello Everyone,

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Growing Up

"As we grow spiritually,
we find that our old attitudes toward our instincts
need to undergo drastic revisions.
Our desires for emotional security and wealth,
for personal prestige and power,
for romance, and for family satisfactions -
all these have to be tempered and redirected.
We have learned that the satisfaction of instincts
cannot be the sole end and aim of our lives.
If we place instincts first, we have got the cart before the horse;
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."
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 114,
Copyright © 1952 A.A.W.S. Inc.

Thought to Consider . . .

The program has helped me grow up enough to be a kid again.

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C H A N G E =
Choosing Honesty Allows New Growth Every day.

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Balance

From "Helping Others":

'Self-centeredness was my problem. All my life people had been doing things for me and I not only expected it, but I was ungrateful and resentful they didn't do more. Why should I help others, when they were supposed to help me? If others had troubles, didn't they deserve them? I was filled with self-pity, anger and resentment. Then I learned that by helping others, with no thought of return, I could overcome this obsession with selfishness, and if I understood humility, I would know peace and serenity. No longer do I need to drink."

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WILLINGNESS TO GROW

"If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on."

- AS BILL SEES IT, p. 8

Sobriety fills the painful "hole in the soul" that my alcoholism created. Often I feel so physically well that I believe my work is done. However, joy is not just the absence of pain; it is the gift of continued spiritual awakening. Joy comes from ongoing and active study, as well as application of the principles of recovery in my everyday life, and from sharing that experience with others. My Higher Power presents many opportunities for deeper spiritual awakening. I need only to bring into my recovery the willingness to grow. Today I am ready to grow.

©Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.©
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Toward Maturity

Many oldsters who have put our A.A. "booze cure" to severe but successful
tests still find they often lack emotional sobriety. To attain this, we must
develop real maturity and balance (which is to say, humility) in our
relations with ourselves, with our fellows, and with God.

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Let A.A. never be a closed corporation; let us never deny our experience, for
whatever it may be worth, to the world around us. Let our individual members heed

the call to every field of human endeavor. Let them carry the experience and spirit of A.A.

into all these affairs, for whatever good they may accomplish. For not only has God saved us from

alcoholism; the world has received us back into its citizenship.

1. GRAPEVINE, JANUARY 1958 - 2. A.A. COMES OF AGE, pp. 232-233
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"...with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a
spiritual experience, this business of resentment is infinitely
grave. We found that it is fatal. For when harboring such feelings
we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the Spirit. The insanity
of alcohol returns and we drink again. And with us, to drink is to
die."

Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 66~
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A.A. Thought for the Day

"Be careful not to brand new prospects as alcoholics. Let them draw their own conclusion.

But talk to them about the hopelessness of alcoholism. Tell them exactly what happened to

you and how you recovered. Stress the spiritual feature freely. If they are agnostics or atheists,

make it emphatic that they do not have to agree with your conception of God. They can choose any
conception they like, provided it makes sense to them. The main thing is that
they be willing to believe in a Power greater than themselves and that they
live by spiritual principles." Do I hold back too much in speaking of the
spiritual principles of the program?

Meditation for the Day

"I will never leave nor forsake Thee." Down through the centuries, thousands
have believed in God's constancy, untiringness, and unfailing love. God has
love. Then forever you are sure of His love. God has power. Then forever you
are sure, in every difficulty and temptation, of His strength. God has
patience. Then always there is One who can never tire. God has understanding.

Then always you will understand and be understood. Unless you want Him to go,

God will never leave you. He is always ready with power.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may feel that God's love will never fail.

I pray that I may have confidence in His unfailing power.