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Freefly
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 Posted - 12/19/2008 : 10:09:40 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 19, 2008
Housecleaning
We attempt to sweep away the debris
which has accumulated out of our effort
to live on self-will and run the show ourselves.
If we haven't the will to do this, we ask until it comes.
Remember it was agreed at the beginning
we would go to any lengths for victory over alcohol.
© 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 76
With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
Thought to Ponder . . .
Trust God. Clean house. Help others.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Acceptance, Belief, Change.
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Freefly
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Posted - 12/20/2008 : 09:21:15 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 20, 2008
Tolerance
Honesty with ourselves and others gets us sober,
but it is tolerance that keeps us that way.
Experience shows that few alcoholics will long stay away from a group
just because they don't like the way it is run.
Most return and adjust themselves to whatever conditions they must.
Some go to a different group, or form a new one.
In other words, once an alcoholic fully realizes he cannot get well alone,
he will somehow find a way to get well and stay well in the company of others.
It has been that way from the beginning of AA and probably always will be so.
© 1967 AAWS, As Bill Sees It, p. 312
With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
Thought to Ponder . . .
Patience, tolerance, understanding and love are the watchwords.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Patience, Understanding, Tolerance.
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Freefly
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Posted - 12/21/2008 : 10:24:17 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 21, 2008
The Journey
The beauty of AA lies in knowing that my life, with God's help, will improve.
The AA journey becomes richer, the understanding becomes truth,
the dreams become realities -- and today becomes forever.
Reprinted from Daily Reflections, Page 167, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
Thought to Ponder....
The joy is in the journey, so enjoy the ride.
Recovery Related Acronym
One Day At A Time.
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Freefly
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Posted - 12/22/2008 : 07:28:12 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 22, 2008
Not-worrying
None of us has to understand God or worry about things beyond our control.
We can indulge ourselves in the luxury of not-worrying. . .
We simply stop messing in God's business.
And in my opinion, when we stop messing and stop worrying,
we have turned out will and our lives over to God (or Good)
as we understand (or don't understand) Him.
© 1973 AAWS, Came To Believe . . ., p. 116
With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
Thought to Ponder . . .
Reliance on God enables me to match calamity with serenity.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Further Adventures In Trusting Him.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 12/22/2008 : 7:28:36 PM
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December 22, 2008
"Anger and resentments are masks for fear."
When I came into the program, I was pretty angry. With the alcohol and drugs gone, I very quickly got in touch with my feelings, and for me that meant my anger quickly turned into rage. Oh, and resentments - I had a lot of those as well. Without having developed the spiritual tools to deal with my feelings yet, I soon became pretty defiant.
As I began working my way through the program, I learned in the twelve and twelve that we were driven by a hundred forms of self centered fear. After doing a thorough fourth step that included a fear inventory, I found I was driven by way more than just a hundred! It took years, though, for me to realize the connection between my fears and the anger and resentment I felt.
Today I not only see the connection, but I feel it all the time. In fact, today I know that whenever I'm feeling uncomfortable, impatient, quick to snap at people, or just generally irritable, I'm usually in fear of something. And, again, the twelve and twelve tells me it's usually that I'm afraid of losing something or of not getting something I demand. The good news is that today I have a solution. Today, when I'm feeling angry or resentful, I stop and ask myself what I'm afraid of.
Doing this allows me to take the mask off my fears and that always leads me to a solution.
From the web site Wisdom of The Rooms
www.theWisdomoftheRooms.com
"Reach for the stars...You will at least end up among the clouds"
Share your experience, strength, and hope with another and see the miracles transform your life!
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Freefly
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Posted - 12/23/2008 : 08:38:49 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 23, 2008
The Choice is Mine
I once encountered many blind alleys,
but today, as long as I have faith, my path is clear.
This has all been slow progress for me.
Like so many, I do not always surrender completely;
I allow the cares and worries of the day distort my thinking.
But as soon as I get back on the right track, I realize that I have everything I need.
Whatever problems confront me, large or small, they can be solved wisely.
Or they can be solved my way. The choice is mine.
© 1973 AAWS, Came To Believe . . ., p. 60
With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
Thought to Ponder . . .
Just for today, I choose not to drink.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness.
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Posted - 12/24/2008 : 10:17:19 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 24, 2008
Believe
I feel that I have been restored to health and sanity these past years
not through my own efforts nor as a result of anything I may have done,
but because I've come to believe -- to really believe -- that alone I can do nothing.
That my own innate selfishness and stubbornness are the evils which,
if left unguarded, can drive me to alcohol.
I have come to believe that my illness is spiritual as well as physical and mental,
and I know that for help in the spiritual sphere I have to turn to a Higher Power.
#65533; 2003 AAWS, Experience, Strength and Hope, p. 392
With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
Thought to Ponder . . .
What are you coming to believe? Belief is a continuing action.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Acceptance, Belief, Change.
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Freefly
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Posted - 12/25/2008 : 08:26:53 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 25, 2008
Greetings From Bill W.
~ December 1970 ~
Gratitude is just about the finest attribute we can have,
and how deeply we of AA realize this at Christmastime.
Together, we count and ponder our blessings of life, of service, of love.
In these distraught times, we have been enabled to find an always increasing
measure of peace within ourselves.
Together with all here at AA's General Service Office,
Lois joins me in warmest greeting to each and all of you,
and we share our confident faith that the year to come
will be counted among the best that our Fellowship has ever known.
© 1988 The AA Grapevine, Inc., The Language of the Heart, p. 351
Thought to Ponder . . .
When brimming with gratitude,
one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love,
the finest emotion that we can ever know.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Hang On! Peace Exists.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 12/26/2008 : 06:16:40 AM
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December 26, 2008...................................Never-failing Power
"As we learn to trust this Power, we begin to overcome our fear of life.”
Basic Text, p. 24
We are people accustomed to placing all our eggs in one basket. Many of us had one particular drug of choice that was our favorite. We relied on it to get us through each day and make life bearable. We were faithful to that drug; in fact, we committed ourselves to it without reservation. And then it turned on us. We had been betrayed by the only thing we had ever depended on, and the betrayal left us floundering.
Now that we’ve stumbled into the rooms of recovery, we may be tempted to rely on another human being to meet our needs. We may expect this from our sponsor, our lover, or our best friend. But dependence on human beings is risky. They fall short of perfection. They may be on vacation, sleeping, or in a bad mood when we need them.
Our dependence must rest on a Power greater than ourselves. No human force can restore our sanity, care for our will and our lives, or be unconditionally available and loving whenever we are in need. We place our trust in the God of our understanding, for only that Power will never fail us.
Just For Today: I will place my trust in a Power greater than myself, for only that Power will never let me down.
From the book Just For Today, Daily Meditations for
Recovering Addicts, NA World Services, Inc. page 376
"Reach for the stars...You will at least end up among the clouds"
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Posted - 12/26/2008 : 08:03:04 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 26, 2008
Unchangeable Fact
We try never to lose sight of the unchangeable fact of our alcoholism,
but we learn not to brood or feel sorry for ourselves or talk about it all the time.
We accept it as a characteristic of our body
-- like our height or our need for glasses, or like any allergies we may have.
Then we can learn to live comfortably -- not bitterly -- with the knowledge
that as long as we start out by simply avoiding that first drink (remember?)
just for today.
© 1998 AAWS, Living Sober, p. 9
With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
Thought to Ponder . . .
The first drink has the last say.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Just For Today.
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Posted - 12/27/2008 : 09:49:21 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 27, 2008
Abundant Hope
Hopelessness has been replaced by abundant hope and sincere faith. . .
I find joy in my daily life, in being of service, in simply being. . .
The things that I have learned from my own experience, from the Big Book,
and from my friends in AA -- patience, acceptance, honesty, humility,
and true faith in a Power greater than myself --
are the tools I use today to live my life, this precious life.
© 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 475
With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
Thought to Ponder . . .
Faith is hope in things unseen.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Believing In God Beats Our Old Knowledge.
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Posted - 12/27/2008 : 09:55:29 AM
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December 27, 2008.................................The Doctor’s Opinion
Then there are types entirely normal in every respect except in the effect alcohol has upon them. They are often able, intelligent, friendly people.
All these, and many others, have one symptom in common: they cannot start drinking without developing the phenomenon of craving. This phenomenon, as we have suggested, may be the manifestation of an allergy which differentiates these people, and sets them apart as a distinct entity. It has never been, by any treatment with which we are familiar, permanently eradicated. The only relief we have to suggest is entire abstinence.
The immediately precipitates us into a seething caldron of debate. Much has been written pro and con, but among physicians, the general opinion seems to be that most chronic alcoholics are doomed.
What is the solution? Perhaps I can best answer this by relating one of my experiences.
About one year prior to this experience a man was brought in to be treated for chronic alcoholism. He had but partially recovered from a gastric hemorrhage and seemed to be a case of pathological mental deterioration. He has lost everything worthwhile in life and was only living, one might say, to drink. He frankly admitted and believed that for him there was no hope. Following the elimination of alcohol, there was found to be no permanent brain injury. He accepted the plan outlined in this book. One year later he called to see me, and I experienced a very strange sensation. I knew the man by name, and partly recognized his features, but there all resemblance ended. From a trembling, despairing, nervous wreck, had emerged a man brimming over with self-reliance and contentment. I talked with him for some time, but was not able to bring myself to feel that I had known him before. To me he was a stranger, and so he left me. A long time has passed with no return to alcohol.
© 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. xxx-xxi
With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc
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Posted - 12/28/2008 : 07:18:30 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 28, 2008
Highway to Humility
As I thus get down to my right size and stature,
my self-concern and importance become amusing.
Then faith grows that I do have a place on this Highway;
that I can advance upon it with deepening peace and confidence. . .
This is a great gift, this knowledge that I do have a destiny.
- Bill W., June 1961
© 1988 The AA Grapevine, Inc., The Language of the Heart, p. 259
Thought to Ponder . . .
Humility is not a station we arrive at; it's a way of traveling.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Choosing Humility Allows New Gifts and Energy.
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Posted - 12/29/2008 : 10:41:33 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 29, 2008
Belonging
Today, I'm counting my blessings instead of my troubles.
When I walked into the friendly atmosphere of my first AA meeting
I knew I was where I belonged.
Here were people who had thought and felt as I had.
Here was the understanding I'd been searching for all my life.
These people were my friends, and I felt their sincere interest in me.
With these new and enlightening doors opening up to me,
I was able to make the eventual decision to stop drinking, a day at a time --
because I, too, was an alcoholic.
© 2003 AAWS, Experience, Strength and Hope, p. 315
With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
Thought to Ponder . . .
I'm not alone anymore.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Healing, Enjoying, And Recovering Together.
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Posted - 12/30/2008 : 09:20:52 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 30, 2008
Rewards
The rewards of sobriety are bountiful and as progressive
as the disease they counteract.
Certainly among these rewards for me are release from the prison of uniqueness,
and the realization that participation in the AA way of life
is a blessing and a privilege beyond estimate
-- a blessing to live a life free from the pain and degradation of drinking,
and filled with the joy of useful, sober living,
and a privilege to grow in sobriety one day at a time
and bring the message of hope as it was brought to me.
© 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 451
With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
Thought to Ponder . . .
I had to get sober to be amazed.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
The Happiness I Never Knew.
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