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09-12-2024, 06:22 AM | #12 |
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AA Thought for the Day
September 12 Step Five We will be more reconciled to discussing ourselves with another person when we see good reasons why we should do so. The best reason first: If we skip this vital step, we may not overcome drinking. Time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts about their lives. Trying to avoid this humbling experience, they have turned to easier methods. Almost invariably they got drunk. - Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) pp. 72 - 73 Thought to Ponder . . . We're only as sick as our secrets. AA-related 'Alconym' C H A N G E D = Choosing Honesty Allows New Growth Each Day. ~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~ Destiny "Yes, we are again citizens of the world. It is a distraught world, very tired, very uncertain. It has worshiped its own self-sufficiency -- and that has failed. We AA's are a people who once did that very thing. That philosophy failed us too. So perhaps, here and there, our example of recovery can help. As individuals, we have a responsibility, maybe a *double responsibility*. It may be that we have a date with destiny." Bill W., October 1944 1988AA Grapevine, The Language of the Heart, p. 100 Thought to Consider . . . What if I were caring rather than judgmental? *~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~* A A = Altruistic Action *~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~* Decisions From: "Look Before You Leap" Wise men and women rightly give a top rating to the virtue of prudence. They know that without this all important attribute little wisdom is to be had. Mere looking before we leap is not enough. If our looking is charged with fear, suspicion, or anger, we had better not have looked or acted at all. Letter, 1966 We lose the fear of making decisions, great and small, as we realize that should our choice prove wrong we can, if we will, learn from the experience. Should our decision be the right one, we can thank God for giving us the courage and the grace that caused us so to act. Letter, 1966 *~*~*~*~*^ Grapevine Quote ^*~*~*~*~* "Ever so slowly, I could feel myself changing. Things that had seemed important were no longer important. There was inside me a warming, a softening, a stirring, as the petals of a rosebud stir almost imperceptibly into a blossom." Neoga, Ill., February 1974 "There Can Be Love and Laughter" Spiritual Awakenings II *~*~*~*~*^ Big Book & Twelve N' Twelve Quotes of the Day ^*~*~*~*~* "...we have ceased fighting anything or anyone, even alcohol." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 84~ We are careful never to show intolerance or hatred of drinking as an institution. Experience shows that such an attitude is not helpful to anyone. Every new alcoholic looks for this spirit among us and is immensely relieved when he finds we are not witch-burners. A spirit of intolerance might repel alcoholics whose lives could have been saved, had it not been for such stupidity. ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 103~ Now we go out to our fellows and repair the damage done in the past. -Alcoholics Anonymous p. 76 To define the word "harm" in a practical way, we might call it the result of instincts in collision, which cause physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual damage to people. -Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p. 80 Misc. AA Literature - Quote To reach more alcoholics, understanding of A.A. and public good will towards A.A. must go on growing everywhere. We need to be on still better terms with medicine, religion, employers, governments, courts, prisons, mental hospitals, and all enterprises in the alcoholism field. We need the increasing good will of editors, writers, television and radio channels. These publicity outlets need to be opened ever wider. Nothing matters more to A.A.'s future welfare than the manner in which we use the colossus of modern communication. Used unselfishly and well, it can produce results surpassing our present imagination. Should we handle this great instrument badly, we shall be shattered by the ego manifestations of our own people. Against this peril, A.A. members' anonymity before the general public is our shield and our buckler. Prayer for the Day: God, please show me all through this day, what my next step is to be and please grace me with whatever I need to take care of the problems in my life today. I ask especially that you free me from the bondage of self-will.
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