AA Thoughts For Today - February

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AA Thought for the Day

February 11

A Decision

We can have faith, yet keep God out of our lives. Therefore our problem now
becomes just how and by what specific means shall we be able to let Him in?
Step Three represents our first attempt to do this. In fact, the effectiveness of
the whole A.A. program will rest upon how well and earnestly we have tried to
come to "a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God
as we understood Him."
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Three) pp. 34 - 35

Thought to Ponder
Avoidance is not the key; surrender opens the door.

AA-related 'Alconym'
F A I T H = Facing All, Intuitively Trusting Him.

~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~

Miracles
Since these things have happened among us,
they can happen with you.
Should you wish them above all else,
and be willing to make use of our experience,
we are sure they will come.
The age of miracles is still with us.
Our own recovery proves that!
c. 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 153

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

*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
H O P E = Happy Our Program Exists

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

Request
From "Into Action":
"On awakening, let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we
ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives."
2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 86

*~*~*~*~*^ Grapevine Quote ^*~*~*~*~*

"From the moment I pulled open the doors to my very first meeting, I felt something different, something good was going
to happen. Those doors, which at the time I believed to be the heaviest ever made, allowed me to walk into a new way of life."
New York, N.Y., January 2006
From: "Attitude Adjustment"
Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA

~*~*~*~*^ Big Book & Twelve N' Twelve Quotes of the Day ^*~*~*~*~*

"The greatest enemies of us alcoholics are resentment, jealousy,
envy, frustration, and fear."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, To Employers, pg. 145~

"Thus we grow. And so can you, though you be but one man with this
book in your hand. We believe and hope it contains all you will need
to begin."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, A Vision For You, pg. 162

For we had started to get perspective on ourselves, which is another way of saying that we were gaining in humility.
-Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p. 48

Misc. AA Literature - Quote

When first challenged to admit defeat, most of us revolted. We had approached A.A. expecting to be taught self-
confidence. Then we had been told that so far as alcohol was concerned, self-confidence was no good whatever; in
fact, it was a total liability. There was no such thing as personal conquest of the alcoholic compulsion by the unaided will.
It is when we try to make our will conform with God's that we begin to use it rightly. To all of us, this was a most
wonderful revelation. Our whole trouble had been the misuse of will power. We had tried to bombard our problems with
it instead of attempting to bring it into agreement with God's intention for us. To make this increasingly possible is the
purpose of A.A.'s Twelve Steps.

Prayer for the Day: As we travel through the rest of our day, may the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in
believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit we may abound in hope. Amen.