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Freefly
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 Posted - 02/18/2009 : 08:10:04 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
February 18, 2009
Slogans
As I was sitting at a meeting the other evening, a lady was speaking
and she mentioned the three slogans:
"Live and Let Live," " Easy Does It," and "First Things First,"
and that she was having trouble with "Easy Does It."
As she mentioned these slogans,
I looked up at the wall where they were displayed.
All I could see because of a lady's head in front of me
was the last word in each slogan. . . "Live. . . It. . . First."
Live and Let Live -- Easy Does It -- First Things First.
The thought came to me then that the secret of getting or living
these three slogans is to live the Twelve Steps first.
Reprinted from Box 1980: The AA Grapevine, August, 1953, Vol. 10 No. 3.
Reprinted with permission of The AA Grapevine, Inc.
Thought to Ponder . . .
The elevator is broken -- use the Steps.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Getting It From The Steps.
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Freefly
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Posted - 02/19/2009 : 09:35:46 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
February 19, 2009
Unity
Since personal calamity holds us in bondage no more,
our most challenging concern
has become the future of Alcoholics Anonymous;
how to preserve among us A.A.s such a powerful unity
that neither weakness of persons nor the strain and strife of these troubled times
can harm our common cause.
We know that Alcoholics Anonymous must continue to live.
Else, save few exceptions, we and our brother alcoholics throughout the world
will surely resume the hopeless journey to oblivion.
- Bill W.
Reprinted from Box 1980: The AA Grapevine, April, 1946, Vol. 2 No. 11.
Reprinted with permission of The AA Grapevine, Inc.
Thought to Ponder . . .
There is no strength without unity.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
United Spirits.
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Freefly
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Posted - 02/20/2009 : 08:41:35 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
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February 20, 2009
Self-pity
No words can tell of the loneliness and despair I found
in that bitter morass of self-pity.
Quicksand stretched around me in all directions.
I had met my match. I had been overwhelmed. Alcohol was my master.
- Bill W.
Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous [First Edition], p. 18
Thought to Ponder . . .
Self-pity is followed by isolation is followed by a drink.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness
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Posted - 02/21/2009 : 03:49:26 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
February 21, 2009
Readjustment
Life is God's good gift to me. I must cooperate with it to live it,
which means constant readjustment
and the throwing out of phoney fancies as to how I might manage it
by the thankful sharing of all honest thinking with my fellows.
Living means growing which is not without pain but which, I believe,
is what we are together for now. . .
Living needs practicing, which is what God is giving me the grace to do.
Reprinted from Box 1980: The AA Grapevine, October 1958, Vol. 15 No. 5
Reprinted with permission of The AA Grapevine, Inc.
Thought to Ponder . . .
What I am is God's gift to me. What I make of myself is my gift to Him.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Gently Releasing All Conscious Expectations.
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Freefly
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Posted - 02/22/2009 : 10:00:17 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
February 22, 2009
A New Attitude
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.
Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous [Second Edition], pp. 84-85
Thought to Ponder . . .
Attitudes are contagious. Is yours worth catching?
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Attitude Adjustment.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 02/22/2009 : 9:50:14 PM
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February 22, 2009...............................Share in the Experience of Recovery
One of A.A.’s early differences - the idea that alcoholism is a disease - is now no longer unique. While discussion of the exact nature of this disease and its possible cure may well go on forever, no reasonable intelligent person seems any longer to quarrel with this conclusion. However, the impact of the alcoholic’s discovery of this fact from the lips of another alcoholic remains undiminished. To alcoholics swamped with guilt and shame, the words “I found I had a disease, and I found a way to arrest it” constitute immediate absolution for many, and for others at least a ray of hope that they might one day earn absolution.
It seems to me that what happens to an alcoholic on his first encounter with A.A. is that he realizes he has been invited to share in the experience of recovery. And the key word in that sentence is the word “share.” Whether he responds to it immediately or ever is not at that moment important. What is important is that the invitation has been extended and remains, and that he has been invited to share as an equal and not as a mendicant. No matter what his initial reaction, even the sickest alcoholic is hard put to deny to himself that he has been offered understanding, equality, and an already-proved way out. And he is made to feel that he is, in fact, entitled to all this; indeed, he has already earned it, simply because he is an alcoholic.
© 1970 Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.,
From the Pamphlet; A Member’s Eye View of Alcoholics Anonymous, P. 11,
Reprinted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous
"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 - 02/23/2009 : 07:30:28 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
February 23, 2009
Bedevilments
We were having trouble with personal relationships,
we couldn't control our emotional natures,
we were a prey to misery and depression,
we couldn't make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness,
we were full of fear, we were unhappy,
we couldn't seem to be of real help to other people --
was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important ... ?
Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous [Second Edition], p. 52
Thought to Ponder . . .
Eighty per cent of the solution is a well-defined problem.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Saving Our Lives Using The Inventory Of Needed Steps.
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Posted - 02/24/2009 : 09:45:00 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
February 24, 2009
Humility
They told me, "You've got to get out and work a little; you've got to give."
They told me that giving was living, and that living was loving, and loving was God.
And you don't have to worry about God,
because He's sitting right in front of your eyes.
You get just a little sobriety, and you get just a little humility.
Not much, just a little. Not the humility of sackcloth and ashes,
but the humility of a man who's glad he's alive and can serve.
You get just a little tolerance, not too much,
but just enough to sit and listen to the other guy.
Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous [Second Edition], p. 507
Thought to Ponder . . .
Humility is not a station we arrive at; it's a way of traveling.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Patience, Understanding, Tolerance.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 02/24/2009 : 1:04:22 PM
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February 24, 2009........................................................Doctor Bob’s Nightmare
The question which might naturally come into your mind would be: “What did the man (Bill W.) do or say that was different from what others had done or said?” It must be remembered that I had read a great deal and talked to everyone who knew, or thought they knew anything about the subject of alcoholism. But this was a man who had experienced many years of frightful drinking, who had had most all the drunkard’s experiences known to man, but who had been cured by the very means I had been trying to employ, that is to say the spiritual approach. He gave me information about the subject of alcoholism which was undoubtedly helpful. Of far more importance was the fact that he was the first living human with whom I had ever talked, who knew what he was talking about in regard to alcoholism from actual experience. In other words, he talked my language. He knew all the answers, and certainly not because he had picked them up in his reading.
It is a most wonderful blessing to be relieved of the terrible curse with which I was afflicted. My health is good and I have regained my self-respect and the respect of my colleagues. My home life is ideal and my business is as good as can be expected in these uncertain times.
I spend a great deal of time passing on what I learned to others who want and need it badly. I do it for four reasons:
1. Sense of duty.
2. It is a pleasure.
3. Because in so doing I am paying my debt to the man who took time to pass it on to me.
4. Because every time I do it I take out a little more insurance for myself against a possible slip.
Unlike most of our crowd, I did not get over my craving for liquor much during the first two and one-half years of abstinence. It was almost always with me. But at no time have I been anywhere near yielding. I used to get terribly upset when I saw my friends drink and knew I could not, but I schooled myself to believe that though I once had the same privilege, I had abused it so frightfully that it was withdrawn. So it doesn’t behoove me to squawk about it for, after all, nobody ever had to throw me down and pour liquor down my throat.
If you think you are an atheist, an agnostic, a skeptic, or have any other form of intellectual pride which keeps you from accepting what is in this book, I feel sorry for you. If you still think you are strong enough to beat the game alone, that is your affair. But if you really and truly want to quit drinking liquor for good and all, and sincerely feel that you must have some help, we know that we have an answer for you. It never fails, if you go about it with one half the zeal you have been in the habit of showing when you were getting another drink.
Your Heavenly Father will never let you down!
© 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous (Fourth Addition), pages 180 and 181
With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
Remember that we deal with alcohol --cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us.
(I just want to say that in the Washington Area, there’s a meeting called “We Agnostics“, and I‘m sure there are other, similar meetings. I know a fellow AA member, with close to 30 years of sobriety, that attends that meeting. In my opinion, your Higher Power can be whatever you want your Higher Power to be, the rooms, the people in the rooms, etc.)
"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 - 02/25/2009 : 10:46:05 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
February 25, 2009
Adventure
If you're new, get in the car and come along for the ride.
If you want to stare at the floor it's okay.
Those first days and weeks are painful. It hurts. It's frightening.
It's lonely at times but you don't have to go through it twice.
And slowly but surely you'll be looking out the window too
and seeing the changes around you and in you,
and you'll be part of the most incredible adventure of your lifetime.
You'll come to believe that the destination we are traveling to isn't important,
that the joy is in the journey. You won't have to go through it alone.
Reprinted from Box 1980: The AA Grapevine, January 1998, Vol. 54 No. 8
Reprinted with permission of The AA Grapevine, Inc.
Thought to Ponder . . .
The joy is in the journey, so enjoy the ride.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Adventurers Anonymous.
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Posted - 02/25/2009 : 11:34:34 PM
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February 26, 2009
H.A.L.T.
"Don't become too Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired."
My use of "H-A-L-T" is possible only because of the awarenesses I receive
through the use of the Twelve Steps.
They remain the hub on my wheel of sobriety.
I am trying very hard to use them better and better. . .
Although my main goal is staying sober and alive today,
I do recognize that my happiness with God, myself, and life
has been the result of a consistent application of the Steps.
To them, I can never call a halt.
Reprinted from Box 1980: The AA Grapevine, January 1982, Vol. 38 No. 9
Reprinted with permission of The AA Grapevine, Inc.
Thought to Ponder . . .
Life is a steady drizzle of small things -- carry an umbrella.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired.
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Posted - 02/27/2009 : 08:00:25 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
February 27, 2009
Staying Alive
It has often been said of AA that we are interested only in alcoholism.
That is not true.
We have to get over drinking in order to stay alive.
Reprinted from As Bill Sees It, p. 1
Thought to Ponder . . .
Nothing is so bad that a drink won't make worse.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Always Alive.
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Posted - 02/28/2009 : 10:58:35 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
February 28, 2009
Dear Gentle Reader,
It is with deep regret we must inform you we are no longer permitted to share Alcoholics Anonymous World Services (AAWS) copyrighted material with you. We will continue to send recovery-related messages, but will no longer quote from AA sources. If you feel you do not wish to receive the thought anymore, please let me know. Thank you for your understanding, patience, and tolerance. The Language of Letting Go will continue as usual.
In loving service and fellowship,
Beginnings
Sobriety is the adventure of a lifetime.
And it begins the moment we ask AA for help.
Anonymous
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Ashtrays, Brooms, Coffee.
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Posted - 03/01/2009 : 09:14:08 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
2009
Resentments
We need to take resentments very seriously.
More than anything else,
they can lead to relapse
and all forms of spiritual illness.
To live a happy, productive and sober life,
we must free ourselves of our resentments.
(Big Book, pp. 64-66)
(Anonymous)
Thought to Ponder . . .
When one door closes, another door opens
and God will never give me more in a 24 period than I can handle for that day.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Peace Isn't Easy
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Posted - 03/02/2009 : 08:01:46 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
March 2, 2009
Toolkit
A.A. has many tools to initiate
change, growth, survival
as well as to just stay sober.
There are the 12 Steps which will produce
a spiritual awakening and,
when practiced on a daily basis,
a lifetime of sobriety.
There are the slogans which help us cope
with our daily difficulties,
both large and small.
There's the Serenity Prayer
which can be focused on any
problem or situation that we face.
And, of course, meetings, sponsors,
the Big Book, the 12 & 12,
our expanding relationship with God
and the Fellowship.
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Anonymous
Thought to Ponder . . .
If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Believing In God Beats Our Old Knowledge.
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