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Freefly
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 Posted - 03/30/2010 : 09:02:43 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
March 30, 2010
Friendship
To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish,
to see a fellowship grow up about you -- to have a host of friends --
this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it.
Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other
is the bright spot of our lives.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 89
Thought to Ponder . . .
A friend is one who sees through you and still enjoys the view.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Faith,
Empathy,
Learning,
Love,
Openness,
Wisdom,
Self-worth,
Hope,
Identification,
People.
Day by Day is the only way.... |
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Freefly
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Posted - 03/31/2010 : 08:36:12 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
March 31, 2010
Arrogance
The thing that frightens a lot of alcoholics about AA's Steps
is the specter of onrushing sainthood,
which is probably as good an illustration as any of alcoholic presumption
-- or arrogance.
- AA Grapevine, November 1968
Thought to Ponder . . .
The smallest package in the world is an alcoholic all wrapped up in himself.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Not Using The Steps.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 04/01/2010 : 09:08:38 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 1, 2K10
Most alcoholics owe money. We do not dodge our creditors. Telling
them what we are trying to do, we make no bones about our drinking;
they usually know it anyway, whether we think so or not. Nor are we
afraid of disclosing our alcoholism on the theory it may cause
financial harm. Approached in this way, the most ruthless creditor
will sometimes surprise us. Arranging the best deal we can we let
these people know we are sorry. Our drinking has made us slow to
pay.
We must lose our fear of creditors no matter how far we have to go,
for we are liable to drink if we are afraid to face them.
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 78
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Freefly
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Posted - 04/01/2010 : 09:22:56 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
1, 2010
A New Beginning
I knew I had to have a new beginning, and this beginning had to be here.
I could not start anywhere else. I had to let go of the past and forget the future.
As long as I held on to the past with one hand
and grabbed at the future with the other hand,
I had nothing to hold on to today with. So I had to begin here, now.
- Came To Believe . . ., p. 46
Thought to Ponder . . .
If I have the courage to begin, I have the courage to succeed.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Accept, Begin, Continue.
Day by Day is the only way.... |
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Posted - 04/02/2010 : 08:41:26 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 2, 2010
Surrender
When alcohol influenced every facet of my life, when bottles became the symbol
of all my self-indulgence and permissiveness,
when I came to realize that, by myself,
I could do nothing to overcome the power of alcohol,
I realized I had no recourse except surrender.
- Daily Reflections, p. 14
Thought to Ponder . . .
We surrender to win.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Surrender, Willingness, Action, Trust.
Day by Day is the only way.... |
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Freefly
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Posted - 04/03/2010 : 09:45:04 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 3, 2010
Willingness
The more I am willing to help others, the more rewards I receive.
That's what practicing the principles means to me.
Fun and benefits for me are in the willingness to do the actions,
not to get immediate results.
Being a little kinder, a little slower to anger,
a little more loving makes my life better -- day by day.
- Daily Reflections, p. 109
Thought to Ponder . . .
Into action, out of self.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Willingness Over Willpower.
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Freefly
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Posted - 04/04/2010 : 06:50:40 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
The "If" Trap
Alcoholism respects no ifs. It does not go away,
not for a week, for a day, or even for an hour, leaving us nonalcoholic
and able to drink again on some special occasion
or for some extraordinary reason -- not even if it is a once-in-a-lifetime celebration,
or if a big sorrow hits us, or if it rains in Spain or the stars fell on Alabama.
Alcoholism is for us unconditional, with no dispensation available at any price.
- Living Sober, p. 63
Thought to Ponder . . .
Alcohol -- cunning, baffling, powerful!
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Always Aware.
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Posted - 04/05/2010 : 08:25:50 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 5, 2010
Triumph
What an unthinking world may look upon as defeat,
alcoholics in AA know as a triumph of the spirit,
a triumph of humility over false pride and self-centeredness.
How few human beings ever have the courage
to stand up before their neighbors and,
in humility, describing themselves truthfully, to say:
"This is what I really am."
- Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, p. 278
Thought to Ponder . . .
Many people haven't even a nodding acquaintance with humility as a way of life.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A A Way Of Life.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 04/05/2010 : 10:37:38 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 5, 2K10
Breach The Walls Of Ego
People who are driven by pride of self unconsciously blind themselves to their liabilities. Newcomers of this sort scarcely need comforting. The problem is to help them discover a chink in the walls their ego has built, through which the light of reason can shine.
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The attainment of greater humility is the foundation principle of each of AA’s Twelve Steps. For without some degree of humility, no alcoholic can stay sober at all.
Nearly all AA’s have found, too, that unless they develop much of the precious quality than may be required just for sobriety, they still haven’t much chance of becoming truly happy. Without it, they cannot live to much useful purpose, or, in adversity, be able to summon the faith that can meet any emergency.
Twelve and Twelve, p. 46 & p. 70
As Bill Sees It, p. 74
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Posted - 04/06/2010 : 12:17:53 PM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 6, 2010
Listening
We cannot always depend on what seems to us to be logical.
When there is doubt about our logic,
we wait upon God and listen for the voice of intuition.
If, in meditation, that voice is persistent enough,
we may well gain sufficient confidence to act upon that, rather than upon logic.
We cannot always depend on what seems to us to be logical.
- As Bill Sees It, p. 202
Thought to Ponder . . .
Learn to listen; listen to learn.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Answer Available.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 04/06/2010 : 1:39:19 PM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 6, 2K10
We commenced to make many fast friends and a fellowship has grown
up among us of which it is a wonderful thing to feel a part. The joy
of living we really have, even under pressure and difficulty.
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 15
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Freefly
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Posted - 04/08/2010 : 08:47:36 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 8, 2010
Time
And what is time to me now? It is a most precious asset.
I have the luxury of being able to cherish the memory of yesterday,
to live today with serenity, to wait for tomorrow.
I find great contentment in just knowing where I was and where I am.
And I am grateful, grateful for the existence of Alcoholics Anonymous;
grateful to my God for leading me to the doors of AA and to Himself,
grateful for hope.
- The Best of the Grapevine, [Vol. 2]. p. 21
Thought to Ponder . . .
I am grateful for this minute. My eternity may be in it.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
This Is My Eternity.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 04/08/2010 : 6:46:47 PM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 8, 2K10
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!
Alcoholics Anonymous, p.84
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Posted - 04/09/2010 : 11:11:02 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 9, 2010
Trusting the Process
When I put my faith in the spiritual power of the program,
when I trust others to teach me what I need to do to have a better life,
I find that I can trust myself to do what is necessary.
- Daily Reflections, p. 236
Thought to Ponder . . .
I asked from the heart, and I received.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Teaching Recovery Using Steps and Traditions.
Day by Day is the only way.... |
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 04/09/2010 : 6:02:16 PM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 9, 2K10
Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step
of which is a personal housecleaning, which many of us had never
attempted. Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it
could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a
strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves
which had been blocking us. Our liquor was but a symptom. So we had
to get down to causes and conditions.
Therefore, we started upon a personal inventory. This was Step Four.
Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 63
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