AA Thoughts For Today - March

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AA Thought for the Day

March 27

God and Another Human Being

Hence it was most evident that a solitary self-appraisal,
and the admission of our defects based upon that alone,
wouldn't be nearly enough. We'd have to have outside
help if we were surely to know and admit the truth about
ourselves—the help of God and another human being.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Five) p. 59

Thought to Ponder . . .
Refusing to ask for help when you need it is
refusing someone the chance to be helpful.

AA-related 'Alconym'
H E L P = Hope, Encouragement, Love, Patience.

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

"The philosophy of self-sufficiency doesn't pay off.
Plainly enough, it is a bone-crushing juggernaut
whose final achievement is ruin.
Therefore, we can consider ourselves
fortunate indeed.
Each of us has had his own near-fatal encounter
with the juggernaut of self-will,
and has suffered enough under its weight to
look for something better."
Bill W., Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pp. 37-8

Thought to Consider . . .
Attitudes are contagious--is yours worth catching?

*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
AA
Attitude Adjustment

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

Blessings
From "My Chance to Live":
"Growing up in A.A., I have been blessed with children who have never seen their mother drunk. I have a husband who
loves me simply because I am, and I have gained the respect of my family. What more could a broken-down drunk ask
for? Lord knows it is more than I ever thought possible, and ever so much more than I deserved. All because I was
willing to believe A.A. just might work for me too."
2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 318

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

"As AA grows, it is impossible to know everyone, but if I try to relate myself with just one other person, something will
happen, something remarkable."
Marietta, Ohio, April 1993
"The Guy at the End of the Bar"
AA Grapevine

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

"Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity
from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 89~

"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~

Could we then foresee that troublesome people were to become our principal teachers of patienceand tolerance?
-Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p. 141

Misc. AA Literature - Quote

Life Is Not a Dead End
When a man or a woman has a spiritual awakening, the most important meaning of it is that he has now become able to do, feel, and believe that which he could not do before on his unaided strength and resources alone. He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new state of consciousness and being.
He has been set on a path which tells him he is really going somewhere, that life is not a dead end, not something to be endured or mastered. In a very real sense he has been transformed, because he has laid hold of a source of strength which he had hitherto denied himself. TWELVE AND TWELVE, PP. 106-107

Prayer For The Day: Dear heavenly Father, thank you for Your love and goodness to me. You have been very patient and merciful to me. Lord, I need that same love and mercy towards others. Father, I ask You to remove all deceit from my heart and cleanse me so that I might have a pure heart before You. Lord, I also ask that You give me faith and an overcoming spirit so that I will not walk in fear. Help me to trust You, even when my circumstances cause me doubt at times. Deliver me from doubt and unbelief in every area of my life. I ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen. ~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~

"The philosophy of self-sufficiency doesn't pay off.
Plainly enough, it is a bone-crushing juggernaut
whose final achievement is ruin.
Therefore, we can consider ourselves
fortunate indeed.
Each of us has had his own near-fatal encounter
with the juggernaut of self-will,
and has suffered enough under its weight to
look for something better."
Bill W., Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pp. 37-8

Thought to Consider . . .
Attitudes are contagious--is yours worth catching?

*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
AA
Attitude Adjustment

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

Blessings
>From "My Chance to Live":
"Growing up in A.A., I have been blessed with children who have never seen their mother drunk. I have a husband who
loves me simply because I am, and I have gained the respect of my family. What more could a broken-down drunk ask
for? Lord knows it is more than I ever thought possible, and ever so much more than I deserved. All because I was
willing to believe A.A. just might work for me too."
2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 318

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

"As AA grows, it is impossible to know everyone, but if I try to relate myself with just one other person, something will
happen, something remarkable."
Marietta, Ohio, April 1993
"The Guy at the End of the Bar"
AA Grapevine

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

"Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity
from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 89~

"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~

Could we then foresee that troublesome people were to become our principal teachers of patienceand tolerance?
-Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p. 141

Misc. AA Literature - Quote

Life Is Not a Dead End
When a man or a woman has a spiritual awakening, the most important meaning of it is that he has now become able to do, feel, and believe that which he could not do before on his unaided strength and resources alone. He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new state of consciousness and being.
He has been set on a path which tells him he is really going somewhere, that life is not a dead end, not something to be endured or mastered. In a very real sense he has been transformed, because he has laid hold of a source of strength which he had hitherto denied himself. TWELVE AND TWELVE, PP. 106-107

Prayer For The Day: Dear heavenly Father, thank you for Your love and goodness to me. You have been very patient and merciful to me. Lord, I need that same love and mercy towards others. Father, I ask You to remove all deceit from my heart and cleanse me so that I might have a pure heart before You. Lord, I also ask that You give me faith and an overcoming spirit so that I will not walk in fear. Help me to trust You, even when my circumstances cause me doubt at times. Deliver me from doubt and unbelief in every area of my life. I ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.