Saturday, December 17, 2016

Thoughts For The Day~*~Miracle ^*^*^ December 18

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And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone -- even alcohol. For by this time sanity will have  returned. 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! That is the miracle of it.
c. 1976 2001 AAWS
Alcoholics Anonymous,  pp. 84-5


Thought to C
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Don't give up before the miracle happens.


*~*AACRONYMS*~*

H O W =  Honest, Open, Willing.


*~*^Just For Today!^*~*


Bill Undercover


AA History


Among the odd jobs that Bill cited in Bill's Story was his mention of working on a farm for a month. During 1925, Bill and Lois took off on a trip down the east coast inspecting companies to see if their stock might be good Wall Street investments. They camped up and down the coast and carried all of their belongings in the Harley-Davidson motorcycle and sidecar that Bill had purchased.  At the end of April 1925, they stopped at the Goldfoot family dairy farm in Scotia, New York near Schenectady. Mr. Goldfoot had two sons, both of whom worked for General Electric, a company that Bill was able to penetrate for investment investigation by befriending some of their employees during that month. They also worked for the Goldfoots to earn some money to continue on this most successful trip. Lois later acknowledged that she hadn't cared if they earned a cent on the trip. She had been hoping the fresh air and the hobo lifestyle would help Bill slow up on his drinking.


*^Daily Reflections^*


HONESTY WITH NEWCOMERS


Tell him exactly what happened to you. Stress the spiritual feature freely. 
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 93 

The marvel of A.A. is that I tell only what happened to me.  I don't waste time offering advice to potential newcomers, for if advice worked, nobody would get to A.A.  All I have to do is show what has brought me sobriety and what has changed my life.  If I fail to stress the spiritual feature of A.A.'s program, I am being dishonest.  The newcomer should not be given a false impression of sobriety.  I am sober only through the grace of my Higher Power, and that makes it possible for me to share with others.

Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.


*~*^As BilSees It^*~*

Random Quote - Troubles of Our Own Making


Selfishness - self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt.

So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn't think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills us!
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p- 62


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"But there was always the curious mental phenomenon that parallel with our sound reasoning there inevitably ran  some insanely trivial excuse for taking the first drink. Our sound reasoning failed to hold us in check. The insane  idea won out. Next day we would ask ourselves, in all earnestness and sincerity, how it could have happened."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
More About Alcoholism, pg. 37


*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*

A.A. Thought for the Day


Unless we have the key of faith to unlock the meaning of life, we are lost. We do not choose faith because it is one way for us, but because it is the only way. Many have failed and will fail. For we cannot live victoriously without faith; we are at sea without a rudder or an anchor, drifting on the sea of life. Wayfarers without a home. Our souls are restless until they find rest in God. Without faith, our lives are a meaningless succession of unrelated happenings, without rhyme or reason. Have I come to rest in faith? 

Meditation for the Day

This vast universe around us, including this wonderful earth on which we live, was once perhaps only a thought in the mind of God. The nearer the astronomers and the physicists get to the ultimate composition of all things, the nearer the universe approaches a mathematical formula, which is thought. The universe may be the thought of the Great Thinker. We must try to think God's thoughts after Him. We must try to get guidance from the Divine Mind as to what His intention is for the world and what part we can have in carrying out that intention. 

Prayer for the Day


I pray that I may not worry over the limitations of my human mind. I pray that I may live as though my mind were a reflection of the Divine Mind.
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Friday, December 16, 2016

Thoughts For The Day~*~Meetings ^*^*^ December 17

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Through going to meetings and listening, and occasionally speaking, through doing Twelfth Step work, whereby in  helping others you are both the teacher and the student, by making many wonderful A.A. friends, I have been taught all the things in life that are worth having.
c. 1976 AAWS
Alcoholics Anonymous
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Thought to Consider . . . 

Meetings:  A checkup from the neck up 

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

H E A R T =  Healing, Enjoying, And Recovering, Together

*~*^Just For Today!^*~*


 Expansion
From "A Vision for You"


"Every few days this doctor suggests our approach to one of his patients. Understanding our work, he can do this with an eye to selecting those who are willing and able to recover on a spiritual basis. Many of us, former patients, go there to help. Then, in this eastern city, there are informal meetings such as we have described to you, where you may now see scores of members. There are the same fast friendships, there is the same helpfulness to one another"

 2001 AAWS Inc. Fourth Edition
Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 163


*^Daily Reflections^*

A PRICELESS REWARD
 

. . . work with other alcoholics. . . It works when other activities fail. 
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 89 

"Life will take on new meaning,-- as the Big Book says (p. 89).  This promise has helped me to avoid self-seeking and self-pity.  To watch others grow in this wonderful program, to see them improve the quality of their lives, is a priceless reward for my effort to help others.  Self-examination is yet another reward for an ongoing recovery, as are serenity, peace and contentment.  The energy derived from seeing others on a successful path, of sharing with them the joys of the journey, gives to my life a new meaning. 

Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.


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Random Quote - The Value of Human Will


Many newcomers, having experienced little but constant deflation, feel a growing conviction that human will is of no value whatever. They have become persuaded, sometimes rightly so, that many problems besides alcohol will not yield to a headlong assault powered only by the individual's will. However, there are certain things which the individual alone can do. All by himself, and in the light of his own circumstances, he needs to develop the quality of willingness. When he acquires willingness, he is the only one who can then make the decision to exert himself along spiritual lines. Trying to do this is actually an act of his own will. It is a right use of this faculty. Indeed, all of A.A.'s Twelve Steps require our sustained and personal exertion to conform to their principles and so, we trust, to God's will.
TWELVE AND TWELVE, p. 40

*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*


"If there be divorce or separation, there should be no undue haste for the couple to get together. The man should  be sure of his recovery. The wife should fully understand his new way of life. If their old relationship is to be  resumed it must be on a better basis, since the former did not work. This means a new attitude and spirit all  around. Sometimes it is to the best interests of all concerned that a couple remain apart. Obviously, no rule can be  laid down. Let the alcoholic continue his program day by day. When the time for living together has come, it will be apparent to both parties."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, Page 99

*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*

A.A. Thought for the Day


The way of faith is, of course, not confined to A.A. it is for everybody who really wants to live. But many people can go through life without much of it. Many are doing so, to their own sorrow. The world is full of lack of faith. Many people have lost confidence in any meaning in the universe. Many are wondering if it has any meaning at all. Many are at loose ends. Life has no goal for many. They are strangers in the land. They are not at home. But for us in A.A., the way of faith is the way of life. We have proved by our past lives that we could not live without it. Do I think I could live happily without faith? 

Meditation for the Day

"He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends the rain on the just and the unjust." God does not interfere with the working of natural laws. The laws of nature are unchangeable, otherwise we could not depend on them. As far as natural laws are concerned, God makes no distinction between good and bad people. Sickness or death may strike anywhere. But spiritual laws are also made to be obeyed. Our choice of good or evil depends on whether we go upward to true success and victory in life or downward to loss and defeat. 

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may choose today the way of the spiritual life. I pray that I may live today with faith and hope and love.

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Thursday, December 15, 2016

Thoughts For The Day~*~Belonging ^*^*^ December 16


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There is no more aloneness, with that awful ache, so deep in the heart of every alcoholic that nothing, before, could  ever reach it. That ache is gone and never need return again. Now there is a sense of belonging, of being wanted and needed and loved. In return for a bottle and a hangover, we have been given the Keys of the Kingdom. 
c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 276
c. 1976 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 312


T
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Turn your wounds into wisdom.


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G R A C E =  Gently Releasing All Conscious Expectations

*~*^Just For Today!^*~*


Hope
From "Finding your own way:"


"Most of us have seen death close up...but we also have known the sort of hope that makes the heart sing....If you  are a problem drinker, you already know enough about pain and loneliness. We'd like you to find some of the  peace and joy we have found in meeting the reality of life's ups and downs with a clear head and a steady heart."

c. 1975, Living Sober, page 86

*^Daily Reflections^*

PARTNERS IN RECOVERY
 

. . . nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics . . . Both you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress. . . . Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances! 
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 89, 100 

Doing the right things for the right reasons -- this is my way of controlling my selfishness and self-centeredness.  I realize that my dependency on a Higher Power clears the way for peace of mind, happiness and sobriety.  I pray each day that I will avoid my previous actions, so that I will be helpful to others.
Copyright 1990
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*~*^As BilSees It^*~*

Random Quote - Anger--Personal and Group Enemy


"As the book 'Alcoholics Anonymous' puts it, 'Resentment is the Number One offender,' It is a primary cause of relapses into drinking. How well we of A.A. know that for us 'To drink is eventually to go mad or die.' Much the same penalty overhangs every A.A. group. Given enough anger, both unity and purpose are lost. Given still more 'righteous' indignation, the group can disintegrate; it can actually die. This is why we avoid controversy. This is why we prescribe no punishments for any misbehavior, no matter how grievous. Indeed, no alcoholic can be deprived of his membership for any reason whatever. "Punishment never heals. Only love can heal."
LETTER, 1966

*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*

"It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. To the precise extent that we permit these, do we squander the hours that might have been worth while."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
How It Works, pg. 66


*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*

A.A. Thought for the Day


The way of A.A. is the way of faith. We don't get the full benefit of the program until we surrender our lives to some Power greater than ourselves and trust that Power to give us the strength we need. There is no better way for us. We can get sober without it. We can stay sober for some time without it. But if we are going to truly live, we must take the way of faith in God. That is the path for us. We must follow it. Have I taken the way of faith? 

Meditation for the Day

Life is not a search for happiness. Happiness is a by-product of living the right kind of a life, of doing the right thing. Do not search for happiness, search for right living and happiness will be your reward. Life is sometimes a march of duty during dull, dark days. But happiness will come again, as God's smile of recognition of your faithfulness. True happiness is always the by-product of a life well lived. 

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may not seek happiness but seek to do right. I pray that I may not seek pleasure so much as the things that bring true happiness.

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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Thoughts For The Day~*~Pride ^*^*^ December 15


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We scarcely need to be reminded that excessive guilt or rebellion leads to spiritual poverty. But it was a very long time before we knew we could go even more broke on spiritual pride. When we early A.A.'s got our first glimmer of low spiritually prideful we could be, we coined this expression: "Don't try to get too damned good by Thursday!" That old-time admonition may look like another of those handy alibis that can excuse us from trying our best. Yet a closer view reveals just the contrary. This is our AA way of warning against pride-blindness, and the  imaginary perfection's that we do not possess. 
Bill W., June 1961
c. 1988 AA Grapevine, The Language of the Heartp. 255


Thought to C
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Pride without gratitude is arrogance.


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S O B E R = Staying Off Booze Enjoying Recovery

*~*^Just For Today!^*~*


Ideas
From "'Suggested' Steps"

"I remember my sponsor's answer when I told him that the Steps were 'suggested.' He replied that they are 'suggested' in the same way that, if you were to jump out of an airplane with a parachute, it is 'suggested' that you pull the ripcord to save your life. He pointed out that it was 'suggested' I practice the Twelve Steps, if I wanted to save my life."

1990 AAWS, Inc.; Daily Reflections, pg. 344

*^Daily Reflections^*

DOING ANYTHING TO HELP
 

Offer him [the alcoholic] friendship and fellowship. Tell him that if he wants to get well you will do anything to help. 
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, P. 95 

I remember how attracted I was to the two men from A.A. who Twelfth-Stepped me.  They said I could have what they had, with no conditions attached, that all I had to do was make my own decision to join them on the pathway to recovery. When I start convincing a newcomer to do things my way, I forget how helpful those two men were to me in their open-minded generosity.

Copyright 1990
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Random Quote - One Fellowship - Many Faiths

As a society we must never become so vain as to suppose that we are authors and inventors of a new religion. We will humbly reflect that every one of A.A.'s principles has been borrowed from ancient sources.
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A minister in Thailand wrote, "We took A.A.'s Twelve Steps to the largest Buddhist monastery in this province, and the head priest said, 'Why, these Steps are fine! For us as Buddhists, it might be slightly more acceptable if you had inserted the word 'good' in your Steps instead of 'God.' Nevertheless, you say that it is God as you understand Him, and that must certainly include the good. Yes, A.A.'s Twelve Steps will surely be accepted by the Buddhists around here."
<<< >>>
St. Louis old-timers recall how Father Edward Dowling helped start their group; it turned out to be largely Protestant, but this fazed him not a bit.

A.A. COMES OF AGE
 1. p. 231 - 2. p. 81 - 3. p. 37


*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*

"When ready, we say something like this: 'My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do your bidding. Amen.' We have then completed Step Seven."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition,
Into Action, pg. 76


*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*

A.A. Thought for the Day


Service to others makes the world a good place. Civilizatio
n would cease if all of us were always and only for ourselves. We alcoholics have a wonderful opportunity to contribute to the well-being of the world. We have a common problem. We find a common answer We are uniquely equipped to help others with the same problem. What a wonderful world it would be if we took our own greatest problem and found the answer to it and spent the rest of our lives helping others with the same problem in our spare time. Soon we would have the right kind of a world. Do I appreciate my unique opportunity to be of service? 

Meditation for the Day

Today can be lived in the consciousness of God's contact, upholding you in all good thoughts, words, and deeds. If sometimes there seems to be a shadow on your life and you feel out of sorts, remember that this is not the withdrawal of God's presence, but only your own temporary unwillingness to realize it. The quiet gray days are the days for doing what you must do, but know that the consciousness of God's nearness will return and be with you again, when the gray days are past.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may face the dull days with courage. I pray that I may have faith that the bright days will return.

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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Thoughts For The Day~*~Cordial Welcome ^*^*^ December 14

 

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ordial Welcome


But life among Alcoholics Anonymous is more than attending gatherings and visiting hospitals. Cleaning up old scrapes, helping to settle family differences, explaining the disinherited son to his irate parents, lending money and securing jobs for each other, when justified -- these are everyday occurrences. No one is too discredited or has sunk too low to be welcomed cordially -- if he means business.
c. 2001AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 161


Thought to C
onsider . . .

I
f you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

H E A R T =  Healing, Enjoying, And Recovering, Together


*~*^Just For Today!^*~*

Search
From "Changing Beliefs":

"Slowly and painfully, I became aware of myself. I began to see it wasn't true that I didn't believe in anything. Rather, I had believed in the wrong things  'There is good in all of us. Seek it out, nurture it, tend it, and it will flourish.' So I began searching for the positives within me."
1973 AAWS Inc.
Came to Believe, 30th printing 2004, pg. 103

*^Daily Reflections^*

REACHING OUT


Never talk down to an alcoholic from any moral or spiritual hilltop; simply lay out the kit of spiritual tools for his inspection. Show him how they worked with you.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 95


When I come into contact with a newcomer, do I have a tendency to look at him from my perceived angle of success in A.A.?  Do I compare him with the large number of acquaintances I have made in the Fellowship? Do I point out to him in a magisterial way the voice of A.A.?  What is my real attitude toward him?  I must examine myself whenever I meet a newcomer to make sure that I am carrying the message with simplicity, humility and generosity. The one who still suffers from the terrible disease of alcoholism must find in me a friend who will allow him to get to know the A.A. way, because I had such a friend when I arrived in A.A. Today it is my turn to hold out my hand, with love, to my sister or brother alcoholic, and to show her or him the way to happiness.

Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.


*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*

Random Quote - The Hour of Decision


"Not all large decisions can be well made by simply listing the pros and cons of a given situation, helpful and necessary as this process is. We cannot always depend on what seems to us to be logical. When there is doubt about our logic, we wait upon God and listen for the voice of intuition. If, in meditation, that voice is persistent enough, we may well gain sufficient confidence to act upon that, rather than upon logic. "If, after an exercise of these two disciplines, we are still uncertain, then we should ask for further guidance and, when possible, defer important decisions for a time. By then, with more knowledge of our situation, logic and intuition may well agree upon a right course. "But if the decision must be now, let us not evade it through fear. Right or wrong, we can always profit from the experience."
LETTER, 1966

*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*

"We, in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning men. What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, "a design for living" that really works."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
There Is A Solution, pg. 28


*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*

A.A. Thought for the Day


The way of A.A. is the way of service. Without that, it would not work. We have been "on the wagon" and hated it. We have taken the pledge and waited for the time to be up with impatience. We have tried in all manner of ways to help ourselves. But not until we begin to help other people do we get full relief. it is an axiom that the A.A. program has to be given away in order to be kept. A river flows into the Dead Sea and stops. A river flows into a clear pool and flows out again. We get and then we give. If we do not give, we do not keep. Have I given up all ideas of holding A.A. for myself alone?

Meditation for the Day

Try to see the life of the spirit as a calm place, shut away from the turmoil of the world. Think of your spiritual home as a place full of peace, serenity, and contentment. Go to this quiet, meditative place for the strength to carry you through today's duties and problems. Keep coming back here for refreshment when you are weary of the hubbub of the outside world. From this quietness and communion comes our strength.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may keep this resting place where I can commune with God. I pray that I may find refreshment in meditation on the Eternal.

Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012



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