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Freefly
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 Posted - 12/14/2009 : 07:55:39 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 14, 2009
Fear
When fear persisted, we knew it for what it was,
and we became able to handle it.
- As Bill Sees It, p. 91
Thought to Ponder . . .
Breathe in faith, breathe out fear.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Face Everything And Recover.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 12/14/2009 : 09:01:38 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 14, 2009
The Obsession and the Answer
The idea that somehow, some day, he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death.
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Alcoholism, not cancer, was my illness, but what was the difference? Was not alcoholism also a consumer of body and mind? Alcoholism took longer to do its killing, but the result was the same. So, I decided, if there was a great Physician who could cure the alcoholic sickness, I had better seek Him at once.
1. Alcoholics Anonymous, p, 30
2. AA Comes of Age, p. 61
As Bill Sees It, p. 194
“We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity”
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Freefly
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Posted - 12/15/2009 : 06:52:28 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 15, 2009
Friends
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.
- Experience, Strength and Hope, p. 315
Thought to Ponder . . .
A friend is one who sees through you and still enjoys the view.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
F E L L O W S H I P
Faith,
Empathy,
Learning,
Love,
Openness,
Wisdom,
Self-worth,
Hope,
Identification,
People.
Day by Day is the only way.... |
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 12/15/2009 : 08:26:11 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 15, 2009
Personality Change
We thought “conditions” drove us to drink, and when we tried to correct these conditions and found that we couldn’t do so to our entire satisfaction, our drinking went out of hand and we became alcoholics. It never occurred to us that we needed to change ourselves to meet conditions, whatever they were.
Twelve and twelve, p. 47
When we harbor grudges and plan revenges, we are really beating ourselves with the club of anger we intended to use on others.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 12/17/2009 : 06:11:21 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 17, 2009
"It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. To the precise extent that we permit these, do we squander the hours that might have been worth while."
Alcoholics Anonymous, How It Works, pg. 66
If we are to live, we have to be free of anger.
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Freefly
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Posted - 12/17/2009 : 07:42:22 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 16, 2009
Anonymity
Anonymity is a way for me to work on my humility.
Since pride is one of my most dangerous shortcomings,
practicing humility is one of the best ways to overcome it.
- Daily Reflections, p. 340
Thought to Ponder . . .
Walk softly and carry a Big Book.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Adventurers Anonymous.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 12/18/2009 : 05:56:18 AM
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NA Thought for the Day
December 18, 2009
“Insanity”
Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results.
Many of us realize when we get to the program that we have gone back time and again to using; even though we knew that we were destroy our lives. Insanity is using drugs day after day knowing that only physical and mental destruction comes when we use. The most obvious insanity of the disease of addiction is the obsession to use drugs.
In this program, the first thing we do is stop using drugs. At this point, we begin to feel the pain of living without drugs or anything to replace them. The pain forces us to seek a Power greater than ourselves that can relieve our obsession to use.
Most of us have no trouble admitting that addiction has become a destructive force in our lives. Our best efforts resulted in ever greater destruction and despair. At some point, we realized that we needed the help of some Power greater than our addiction. Our understanding of a Higher Power is up to us. No one is going to decide for us. We can call it the group, the program or we can call it God. The only suggested guidelines are that this Power be loving, caring and greater than ourselves. We don’t have to be religious to accept this idea. The point is that we open our minds to believe. We may have difficulty with this, but by keeping an open mind, sooner or later, we find the help we need.
We talked and listened to others. We saw other people recovering, and they told us what was working for them.
Narcotics Anonymous, P. 23-24
The process of coming to believe restores us to sanity.
Ask yourself this question, Do I believe it would be insane to walk up to someone and say, “May I please have a heart attack or a fatal accident?”
We have a disease: progressive, incurable and fatal. One way or another we went out and bought our destruction on the time payment plan!
Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and “knowing” the results!
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Freefly
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Posted - 12/18/2009 : 07:43:19 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 18, 2009
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.
- Daily Reflections, p. 167
Thought to Ponder . . .
The journey is the destination.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Been Enjoying Sobriety Today?
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 12/19/2009 : 06:57:32 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 19, 2009
UNDERSTANDING THE MALADY
When dealing with an alcoholic, there may be a natural annoyance that a man could be so weak, stupid and irresponsible. Even when you understand the malady better, you may feel this feeling rising.
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 139
Having suffered from alcoholism, I should understand the illness, but sometimes I feel annoyance, even contempt, toward a person who cannot make it in AA. When I feel that way, I am satisfying my false sense of superiority and I must remember, but for the grace of God, there go I.
Daily Reflections, P. 362
Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 12/20/2009 : 09:56:58 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 20, 2009
The Rewards of Giving
This is indeed the kind of giving that actually demands nothing. He does not expect his brother sufferer to pay him, or even to love him. And then he discovers that by the divine paradox of this kind of giving he has found his own reward, whether his brother has yet received anything or not.
Twelve steps and twelve traditions, p. 109
He stands at the edge of new mysteries, joys, and experiences of which he had never even dreamed.
The persistent use of meditation and prayer, we found, did open the channel so that where there had been a trickle, there now was a river which led to sure power and safe guidance from God as we were increasingly better able to understand Him.
We had a spiritual awakening about which there was no question.
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Freefly
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Posted - 12/21/2009 : 06:41:07 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
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December 21, 2009
Trust
Most surely, there can be no trust where there is no love,
nor can there be real love where distrust holds its malign sway.
- As Bill Sees It, p. 144
Thought to Ponder . . .
Trust God. Clean house. Help others.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Try Relying Upon Steps and Traditions.
A MEMBER SHARES:
Hi, I'm Julie, and I'm an alcoholic. For me, 'staying in today' was a foreign concept. I had never lived that way prior to AA. Moreover, to trust, to live in the present moment, took much encouragement and spiritual action. In early recovery, I wanted to sit and wait for good things to come my way. Well, my sponsor told me I must do the footwork. But I wanted to be ten years sober already, and was told I would be ten years older also. It was all new to me, and I was in awe, wonder. Yet, I was feeling the insecurity of not having the mind-altering substances, to not feel or to think or to do it was discomforting. It was excruciatingly painful because my mind took me where I was trying to forget. I know today that through the Twelve Steps, AA, and trusting God, that I am right where I need to be, and I trust that God will reveal more; that I will have better understanding and will be consoled. I trust I will be better equipped to help another, as did those who helped me. They have all felt the same, and knowing that I was about average was a good thing for me. I know I want to continue to be sober and that my best spiritual fitness comes from Trust -- that living in the present moment is what I am to do to be helpful to everyone whom I meet today. I thank God and you for helping keep me sober today. I can't imagine not living sober today. It was not always that way.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 12/21/2009 : 07:25:56 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 21, 2009
From the Taproot
The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole society has sprung and flowered.
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Every newcomer is told, and soon realizes for himself, that his humble admission of powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.
So it is that we first see humility as a necessity. But this is the barest beginning. To get completely away from our aversion to the idea of being humble, to gain a vision of humility as the avenue to true freedom of the human spirit, to be willing to work for humility as something to be desired for itself, takes most of us a long, long time. A whole lifetime geared to self-centeredness cannot be set in reverse all at once.
Twelve and Twelve
1. Pp. 21-22
2. Pp. 72-73
As Bill Sees It, P. 304
A great turning point in our lives came when we sought for humility as something we really wanted, rather than as something we must have.
A basic ingredient of all humility, a desire to seek and do God’s will.
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Freefly
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Posted - 12/22/2009 : 07:35:00 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 22, 2009
Perfection
Thanks to the Higher Power that motivates Alcoholics Anonymous,
I have a sane and good conscience,
and no fanatical delusions about perfection.
I wouldn't want perfection if I could have it,
because in that case I'd cease to be an alcoholic --
and then I would certainly miss my AA group.
- Thank You For Sharing, p. 198
Thought to Ponder . . .
Give me the courage to be imperfect.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
So Long! I'm Perfect.
Day by Day is the only way.... |
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Posted - 12/23/2009 : 08:33:22 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 23, 2009
Parties
Just one more thing about this matter of drinking occasions.
Many of us have had the guts, if pressure to drink got unpleasantly strong,
simply to make an excuse and leave, no matter what other people may think.
After all, our life is at stake.
We simply have to take whatever steps are necessary to preserve our own health.
Other people's reactions are their problem, not ours.
- Living Sober, p. 70
Thought to Ponder . . .
When I drink, my past becomes my future.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Absolute Abstinence.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 12/23/2009 : 1:29:31 PM
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AA Thought for the Day
December 23, 2009
Men and women drink essentially because they like the effect produced by alcohol. The sensation is so elusive that, while they admit it is injurious, they cannot after a time differentiate the true from the false. To them, their alcoholic life seems the only normal one. They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks - drinks which they see others taking with impunity. After they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again. This is repeated over and over, and unless this person can experience an entire psychic change there is very little hope of recovery.
On the other hand - and strange as this may seem to those who do not understand - once a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so many problems he despaired of ever solving them, suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol, the only effort necessary being that required to follow a few simple rules.
The Doctors Opinion, p. xxviii-xxix
The only relief we have to suggest is entire abstinence.
I earnestly advise every alcoholic to read this book through, and through perhaps he came to scoff, he may remain to pray.
William D. Silkworth, M.D.
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