~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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"Sobriety and a plan for living that
produces a personality change and a spiritual awakening
are imperative. Through AA, many
receive the needed change and awakening
just by trying to live by AA principles
and associating with AA people.
We do this by going to many AA meetings
with an open mind
and a desire to live the good-feeling
life without chemicals --
liquid or otherwise."
c.
1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 459
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Thought to Consider . . .
The ankle-biters of everyday struggles
will eat away at me
unless I go to meetings and share.
*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
H O P E = Hearing Other Peoples' Experience
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
All-Encompassing
From "The Whole
Company of …":
"I was born an Anglican (Church of
England), and the following crops up in one of our services (perhaps in the
services of other denominations also): 'Therefore with angels and archangels
and the whole company of heaven, we laud and glorify Thy name.' Since I have no
knowledge of heaven or the company kept there, whenever I repeat this passage
of praise, I substitute the word 'and the whole company of Alcoholics
Anonymous.' "Being an A.A. Loner, I have felt very out of things and on my
own. But I do believe in the power of collective thought, whether for good or
evil. Thus, I believe that the collective thought of the body of Alcoholics
Anonymous throughout the world must have some effect on alcoholics, whether
they are aware of it or not. - Kenton-on-Sea,
© 1973 AAWS, Inc.; Came to
Believe, 30th printing 2004, pg. 87
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~*
LOVE WITHOUT STRINGS
Practical experience
shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work
with other alcoholics.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89
Sponsorship
held two surprises for me. First, that my sponsees
cared about me. What I had thought was gratitude was more like love. They
wanted me to be happy, to grow and remain sober. Knowing how they felt kept me
from drinking more than once. Second, I
discovered that I was able to love someone else responsibly, with
respectful and genuine concern for that person's growth. Before that
time, I had thought that my ability to care sincerely about another's
well-being had atrophied from lack of use. To learn that I can love,
without greed or anxiety, has been one of the deepest gifts the program has
given me. Gratitude for that gift has kept me sober many times.
Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD
SERVICES, INC.
*~*~*~*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*~*~*~*
A.A. in Two Words
"All A.A.
progress can be reckoned in terms of just two words: humility and
responsibility. Our whole spiritual development can be accurately measured by
our degree of adherence to these magnificent standards.
"Ever deepening humility,
accompanied by an ever greater willingness to accept and to act upon clear-cut
obligations - these are truly our touchstones for all growth in the life of the
spirit. They hold up to us the very essence of right being and right doing. It
is by them that we are enabled to find and to do God's will."
TALK,
1965 (PRINTED IN GRAPEVINE, JANUARY 1966)
*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"We
will seldom be interested in liquor. If tempted, we recoil from
it as from a hot flame. We react sanely
and normally, and we will
find that this has happened
automatically. We will see that our new
attitude toward liquor has been given
us without any thought or
effort on our part. It just
comes!"
~Alcoholics
Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 84~
*~*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*~*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
For the past
two months we have been studying passages and steps from the Big Book,
Alcoholics Anonymous. Now why not read the book itself again? It is essential that
the A.A. program become part of us. We must have its essentials at our
fingertips. We cannot study the Big Book too much or too often. The more we
read it and study it, the better equipped we are to think A.A., act A.A., and
live A.A. We cannot know too much about the program. The chances are that we
will never know enough. But we can make as much of it our own as possible. How
much of the Big Book have I thoroughly mastered?
Meditation for the
Day
We need to accept the difficulties and disciplines of
life so as to fully share the common life of other people. Many things that we
must accept in life are not to be taken so much as being necessary for us
personally, as to be experienced in order that we may share in the sufferings
and problems of humanity. We need sympathy and understanding. We must share
many of the experiences of life, in order to understand and sympathize with
others. Unless we have been through the same experiences, we cannot understand
other people or their makeup well enough to be able to help them.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may accept everything
that comes my way as a part of life.
I pray that I may make use of it in helping other people.