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Balance
"Most of us must admit that we have loved
but a few;
that we have been indifferent to the
many
so long as none of them gave us
trouble;
and as for the remainder -- well, we
have really
disliked or hated them.
Although these attitudes are common
enough,
we AA's find we need something much
better
in order to keep our balance.
We can't stand it if we hate deeply.
The idea that we can be possessively
loving of a few,
and can continue to fear or hate anybody,
has to be abandoned, if only a
little at a time."
c.
1952AAWS, Twelve
Steps and Twelve Traditions, pp. 92-3
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Thought to Consider . . .
Bigotry disfigures the heart.
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F A I T H = Facing All In Trusting Him
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Publicity
From "The Three
Legacies of Alcoholics Anonymous":
"In
September, 1939, the
2001 AAWS, Inc.; Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of
Age, pg. 178
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See to it
that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass
for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for us.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 164
Having a right
relationship with God seemed to be an impossible order. My chaotic past
had left me filled with guilt and remorse and I wondered how this "God
business" could work. A.A. told me that I must turn my will and my
life over to the care of God, as I understand Him. With nowhere else to
turn, I went down on my knees and cried, "God, I can't do this. Please
help me!" It was when I admitted my powerlessness that a glimmer of
light began to touch my soul, and then a willingness
emerged to let God control my life. With Him as my guide, great events
began to happen, and I found the beginning of sobriety.
Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD
SERVICES, INC.
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Fear and Faith
The achievement of freedom from fear is a
lifetime undertaking, one that can never be wholly completed.
When under heavy attack, acute illness,
or in other conditions of serious insecurity, we shall all react to this
emotion - well or badly, as the case may be. Only the self-deceived will claim
perfect freedom from fear.
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We finally saw that faith in some kind
of God was a part of our make-up. Sometimes we had to search persistently, but
He was there. He was as much a fact as we were. We found the Great Reality deep
down within us.
1.
GRAPEVINE, JANUARY 1962 - 2. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.
55
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"In
this book you read again and again that faith did for us what we
could not do for ourselves. We hope you
are convinced now that God can
remove whatever self-will has blocked
you off from Him. If you have
already made a decision, and an
inventory of your grosser handicaps,
you have made a good beginning. That being so you have swallowed and
digested some big chunks of truth about yourself."
~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 70~
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A.A. Thought
for the Day
Step Four is,
"Made a searching and fearless
moral inventory of
ourselves." Step Five is, "Admitted
to God, to ourselves, and to
another human being the exact nature of
our wrongs." Step Six is,
"Were entirely ready to have God
remove all these defects of
character." Step Seven is,
"Humbly asked Him to remove our
shortcomings." Step Ten is, "Continued
to take personal inventory
and when we were wrong promptly
admitted it." In taking a personal
inventory, we have to be absolutely
honest with ourselves and with
other people. Have I taken an honest
inventory of myself?
Meditation for the Day
God is good. You can often tell whether
or not a thing is of God.
If it is of God, it must be good.
Honesty, purity, unselfishness,
and love are all good, unselfish
helpfulness is good, and these
things all lead to the abundant life. Leave in God's hands the
present and the future, knowing only
that He is good. The hand that
veils the future is the hand of God. He can bring order out of
chaos, good out of evil, and peace out
of turmoil. We can believe
that everything really good comes from
God and that He shares His
goodness with us.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may reach out for the
good.
I pray that I may try to choose the best in life