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Freefly
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 Posted - 04/10/2010 : 07:50:32 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 10, 2010
Resentment
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. But for the alcoholic,
whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual experience,
this business of resentment is infinitely grave. We found that it is fatal.
For when harboring such feelings
we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the Spirit.
- Alcoholics Anonymous. p. 66
Thought to Ponder . . .
Resentment is like acid, eating away at the vessel it is stored in.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Gently Releasing All Conscious Expectations.
Day by Day is the only way.... |
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 04/10/2010 : 09:53:06 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 10, 2K10
GROWING UP
The essence of all growth is a willingness to change
for the better and then an unremitting willingness to
shoulder whatever responsibility this entails.
As Bill Sees It, p. 115
Sometimes when I’ve become willing to do what I
should have been doing all along, I want praise and
recognition. I don’t realize that the more I’m willing
to act differently, the more exciting my life is.
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
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Freefly
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Posted - 04/11/2010 : 07:41:39 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 11, 2010
The Language of the Heart
From the beginning,
communication in AA has been no ordinary transmission
of helpful ideas and attitudes.
It has been unusual and sometimes unique.
Because of our kinship in suffering,
and because our common means of deliverance are effective for ourselves
only when constantly carried to others, our channels of contact
have always been charged with the language of the heart.
- The Language of the Heart. p. 243
Thought to Ponder . . .
Modem-to-modem or face-to-face, AA's speak the language of the heart.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Always Awesome.
Day by Day is the only way.... |
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 04/11/2010 : 10:12:22 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 11, 2K10
A LIFETIME PROCESS
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.....
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 52
These words remind me that I have more problems
than alcohol, that alcohol is only a symptom of a more
pervasive disease. When I stopped drinking I began a
lifetime process of recovery from unruly emotions, painful
relationships, and unmanageable situations. This process
is too much for most of us without help from a Higher Power
and our friends in the Fellowship. When I began working
the Steps of the AA program, many of these tangled threads
unraveled but, little by little, the most broken places of my
life straightened out. One day at a time, almost imperceptibly,
I healed. Like a thermostat being turned down, my fears
diminished. I began to experience moments of contentment.
My emotions became less volatile. I am now once again a
part of the human family.
Daily Reflections, p. 105
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Freefly
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Posted - 04/12/2010 : 07:58:09 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 12, 2010
Belonging
There is no more aloneness, with that awful ache,
so deep in the heart of every alcoholic that nothing, before, could ever reach it.
That ache is gone and never need return again.
Now there is a sense of belonging, of being wanted and needed and loved.
In return for a bottle and a hangover,
we have been given the Keys of the Kingdom.
- Alcoholics Anonymous. p. 276
Thought to Ponder . . .
I'm not alone anymore.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
You Are Not Alone.
Day by Day is the only way.... |
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Freefly
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Posted - 04/13/2010 : 08:58:49 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 13, 2010
Principles Before Personalities
As I've grown in the Fellowship, I've learned to love everyone
just from listening to what they had to say. . .
God has chosen to give me the message I need for today.
I must always remember to place principles above personalities.
- Daily Reflections, p. 365
Thought to Ponder . . .
Recognizing someone else's human dignity cannot cost you your own.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Bad Or Good, God Loves Everyone.
Day by Day is the only way.... |
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Freefly
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Posted - 04/14/2010 : 09:14:07 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 14, 2010
The First One
Repeated experiences have forced us to this logically inescapable conclusion:
If we do not take the first drink, we never get drunk.
Therefore, instead of planning never to get drunk,
or trying to limit the number of drinks or the amount of alcohol,
we have learned to concentrate on only one drink: the first one.
- Living Sober. p. 5
Thought to Ponder . . .
The first drink has the last say.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Absolute Abstinence.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 04/15/2010 : 05:19:23 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 15, 2K10
Clearing a Channel
During the day, we can pause where situations
must be met and decisions made, and renew the
simple request “Thy will, not mine, be done.”
If at these points our emotional disturbance happens
to be great, we will more surely keep our
balance provided we remember, and repeat to
ourselves, a particular prayer or phrase that has
appealed to us in our reading or meditation. Just
saying it over and over will often enable us to
clear a channel choked up with anger, fear, frustration,
or misunderstanding, and permit us to return
to the surest help of all – our search for God’s
will, not our own, in the moment of stress.
Twelve and Twelve, pp. 102-103
As Bill Sees It, p. 78
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Freefly
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Posted - 04/15/2010 : 09:33:12 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
Discovery
I have found rooms full of wonderful people,
and for me each and every one of the Big Book's promises have come true.
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.
- Alcoholics Anonymous. p. 475
Thought to Ponder . . .
Recovery is discovery.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Acceptance, Belief, Change.
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Freefly
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Posted - 04/16/2010 : 08:42:03 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 16, 2010
Willingness
The essence of all growth is a willingness to change for the better
and then an unremitting willingness
to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails.
- As Bill Sees It, p. 115
Thought to Ponder . . .
Willpower ... our will-ingness to use a Higher Power.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness.
Day by Day is the only way.... |
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Freefly
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Posted - 04/17/2010 : 05:33:25 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 17, 2010
Blessings
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. . .
With these new and enlightening doors opening up to me,
I was able to stop drinking, a day at a time -- because I, too, was an alcoholic.
- Experience, Strength and Hope. p. 315
Thought to Ponder . . .
If I don't drink today, I have the hope of a tomorrow.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Been Enjoying Sobriety Today?
Day by Day is the only way.... |
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 04/17/2010 : 06:28:16 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 17, 2K10
Anger
If we were to live, we had to be free of anger. The
grouch and the brainstorm were not for us. They
may be the dubious luxury of normal men, but for
alcoholics these things are poison.
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 66
…….. harboring resentment is infinitely grave. For
then we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the
spirit.
As Bill Sees It, p. 5
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Posted - 04/18/2010 : 07:29:02 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 18, 2K10
Atmosphere of Grace
Those of us who have come to make regular use
of prayer would no more do without it than we
would refuse air, food, or sunshine. And for the
same reason. When we refuse air, light or food,
the body suffers. And when we turn away from
meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our
minds, our emotions, and our intuitions of vitally
need support.
As the body can fail its purpose for lack of
nourishment, so can the soul. We all need the light
of God’s reality, the nourishment of His strength,
and the atmosphere of His grace. To an amazing
extent the facts of AA life confirm this ageless truth.
Twelve and Twelve, pp. 97-98
As Bill Sees It, p. 93
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Freefly
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Posted - 04/19/2010 : 07:01:55 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 19, 2010
Self-insurance
The AA plan is described by the members themselves as 'self-insurance.'
This self-insurance has resulted in the restoration of physical,
mental and spiritual health and self-respect to hundreds of men and women
who would be hopelessly down and out without its unique but effective therapy.
- Alcoholics Anonymous. p. 572
Thought to Ponder . . .
AA is not something we join; it's a way of life.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Achieve Anything.
Day by Day is the only way.... |
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Posted - 04/20/2010 : 08:07:53 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
April 20, 2010
Acceptance
And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. . .
Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober;
unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 417
Thought to Ponder . . .
My serenity is directly proportional to my level of acceptance.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
Acceptance, Belief, Change.
Day by Day is the only way.... |
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