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"Sometimes, we become depressed.
I ought to know;
I have been a champion dry-bender case myself.
While the surface causes were a part of the picture -
trigger-events that precipitated depression -
the underlying causes, I am satisfied, ran much deeper.
Intellectually, I could accept my situation.
Emotionally, I could not.
To those problems, there are certainly no pat answers.
But part of the answer lies in the constant effort
to practice all of AA's Twelve Steps."
Bill W., Letter, 1954
©1967AAWS, As Bill Sees It, p. 30
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Thought to Consider . . .

The Twelve Steps are but suggestions,
as is pulling the rip cord on a parachute.

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D R Y =   Doing Recovery Yourself

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Personal

Prospects

From "Working with Others":

"If he is sincerely interested and wants to see you again, ask him to read this book in the interval. After doing that, he must decide for himself whether he wants to go on. He should not be pushed or prodded by you, his wife, or his friends. If he is to find God, the desire must come from within."

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BUILDING A NEW LIFE

We feel a man is unthinking when he says sobriety is enough.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 82

When I reflect on Step Nine, I see that physical sobriety must be enough for me.

I need to remember the hopelessness I felt before I found sobriety, and how I was

willing to go to any lengths for it. Physical sobriety is not enough for those around me,

however, since I must see that God's gift is used to build a new life for my family and

loved ones. Just as importantly, I must be available to help others who want the A.A.

way of life. I ask God to help me share the gift of sobriety so that its benefits may

be shown to those I know and love.

©Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.©
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Instinct to Live

When men and women pour so much alcohol into themselves that they destroy their lives, they commit a most unnatural act. Defying their instinctive desire for self-preservation, they seem bent upon self-destruction. They work against their own deepest instinct. As they are progressively humbled by the terrific beating administered by alcohol, the grace of God can enter them and expel their obsession. Here their powerful instinct to live can cooperate fully with their Creator's desire to give them new life.

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"The central characteristic of the spiritual experience is that it gives the
recipient a new and better motivation out of all proportion to any process of
discipline, belief, or faith.
"These experiences cannot make us whole at once; they are a rebirth to a
fresh and certain opportunity."

1. TWELVE AND TWELVE, P. 64 - 2. LETTER, 1965
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"Much to our relief, we discovered we did not need to consider
another's conception of God. Our own conception, however inadequate,
was sufficient to make the approach and to effect a contact with
Him. As soon as we admitted the possible existence of a Creative
Intelligence, a Spirit of the Universe underlying the totality of
things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and
direction, provided we took other simple steps."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 46~
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A.A. Thought for the Day

"Offer new prospects friendship and fellowship. Tell them that if they want
to get well you will do anything to help. Burn the idea into the consciousness of new

prospects that they can get well, regardless of anyone else. job or no
job, spouse or no spouse, they cannot stop drinking as long as they place
dependence on other people ahead of dependence on God. Let no alcoholic say

they cannot recover unless they have their family back. This just isn't so. Their recovery

is not dependent upon other people. It is dependent on their
own relationship to God." Can I recognize all excuses made by a prospect?

Meditation for the Day

The spiritual life depends upon the Unseen. To live the spiritual life, you
must believe in the Unseen. Try not to lose the consciousness of God's spirit in you

and in others. As a child in its mother's arms, stay sheltered in the
understanding and love of God. God will relieve you of the weight of worry
and care, misery and depression, want and woe, faintness and heartache, if
you will let Him. Lift up your eyes from earth's troubles and view the glory
of the unseen God. Each day try to see more good in people, more of the
Unseen in the seen.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may rest and abide in the presence of the unseen God.

I pray that I may leave my burdens in His care.