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Freefly
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 Posted - 06/10/2010 : 09:47:46 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 10, 2010
Moral Responsibility
I realized for the first time that as a practicing alcoholic, I had no rights.
Society can do anything it chooses to do with me when I am drunk,
and I can't lift a finger to stop it, for I forfeit my rights
through the simple expedient of becoming a menace to myself
and the people around me. With deep shame came the knowledge too
that I had lived with no sense of obligation
nor had I known the meaning of moral responsibility to my fellow men.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 549
Thought to Ponder . . .
It's not your fault, but it is your responsibility.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
lways ware.
WAHOOO CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS!!!!!
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 06/10/2010 : 5:56:10 PM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 10, 2K10
Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic
member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of
his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to
most families who have lived with a drinker.
Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 135
You will never find out if you’re an alcoholic by merely coming
to meetings and introducing yourself as one...When you get to
sit down with someone and have them take you through the
process of the steps, you might get to see (with an open mind)
that you COULD or COULD NOT be an alcoholic...Let the first step
tell you...If you are in the textbook and it speaks to YOU, If you
see your truth there..Then you COULD be one of us...
Either you are or you aren't. No one person can pronounce you
an alcoholic. That's a truth that you need to see.
Just for today I know that I only have to suffer as long as I choose.
I just thought I was a heavy drinker. Then I realized I had
misplaced twenty years of my life.
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Freefly
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Posted - 06/11/2010 : 06:59:33 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 11, 2010
Letting Go
I found myself in the midst of a journey into darkness, separated from God . . .
I had to realize that of myself I had no power to help myself.
The day came, by the grace of God, when I had that "moment of truth."
- Came To Believe, p. 42
Thought to Ponder . . .
When I struggle, I sink. When I let go, I float.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
eave verything o od, kay?
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 06/11/2010 : 08:17:00 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 11, 2K10
Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever. If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol."
More about alcoholism pg 33
My drinking assumed more serious proportions, continuing all day and almost every night. The remonstrances of my friends terminated in a row and I became a lone wolf."
I used to think I had a "worm" problem so I switched brands of tequila. Then I thought I had a hard liquor problem so I went to Beer only. Even Beer provided the same dilemma for me.
A.A. took me from being a Freedom Seeker to a Freedom Finder!
HEY TIM, CONGRATS ON THE BLACK HAWKS!!!! HAD TO ASK MY HUSBAND WHAT IT WAS ABOUT :o)
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Freefly
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Posted - 06/13/2010 : 07:18:10 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 13, 2010
Encouragement
Many of us exclaimed, "What an order! I can't go through with it."
Do not be discouraged.
No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence
to these principles. We are not saints.
The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines.
The principles we have set down are guides to progress.
We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 60
Thought to Ponder . . .
If I have the courage to begin, I have the courage to succeed.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
ope, ncouragement, ove, atience.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 06/13/2010 : 08:50:42 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 13, 2K10
Living Our Amends
“Years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to
make any wife or child neurotic. The entire family
is, to some extent, ill.”
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 122
It is important for me to realize that, as an alcoholic,
I not only hurt myself, but also those around me.
Making amends to my family, and to the families of
alcoholics still suffering, will always be important.
Understanding the havoc I created and trying
to repair the destruction, will be a lifelong
endeavor. The example of my sobriety may give
others hope, and faith to help themselves.
Daily Reflections, p. 173
Rarely have we seen a person fail, who has thoroughly
followed our path.
If you have decided you want what we have and are willing
to go to any length to get it -- then you are ready to take
certain steps.
With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to
be fearless and thorough from the very start.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 06/14/2010 : 06:47:43 AM
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NA Thought for the Day
June 14, 2K10
Why Are We Here?
Before coming into the Fellowship of NA we could not
manage our own lives. We could not live and enjoy life
as other people do.
Most of us realized that in our addiction we were slowly
committing suicide, but addiction is such a cunning enemy
of life that we had lost the power to do anything about it.
Many of us ended up in jail, or sought help through medicine,
religion and psychiatry.
After coming to NA we realized we were sick people. We
suffered from a disease from which there is no known cure.
It can, however, be arrested at some point, and recovery is
then possible.
NA Book, p. 13
The progression of the disease was not apparent to us.
We were addicts and did not know it.
We couldn’t face life on life’s terms.
We were hopeless, useless and lost. Failure had become our
way of life and self-esteem was non-existent.
We experienced our powerlessness.
We find that we suffer from a disease, not a moral dilemma.
We were critically ill, not hopelessly bad.
Our disease can only be arrested through abstinence.
Although we are not responsible for our disease, we are
responsible for our recovery!
The ultimate weapon for recovery is the recovering addict.
It is a great gift to feel human again.
We lose our fear of the unknown.
We are set free!
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Freefly
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Posted - 06/14/2010 : 10:26:41 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 14, 2010
Attitude Adjustment
Accepting my Higher Power did not fully change my attitude of resistance.
It just made yielding to instruction
a more rational and acceptable mode of behavior.
For each Step, I still had to go through the process of recognizing
that I had no control over my drinking.
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 541
Thought to Ponder . . .
We are in charge of our attitudes.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
ltered ttitudes.
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Freefly
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Posted - 06/17/2010 : 06:04:47 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 17, 2010
Recovery First
Are you really placing recovery first,
or are you making it contingent upon either people, places, or circumstances?
You may find it ever so much better to face the music right where you are now,
and, with the help of the AA program, win through.
Before you make a decision, weigh it in these terms.
- As Bill Sees It, p.251
Thought to Ponder . . .
The Program was a dazzling gem being dangled before my eyes.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
ccept, egin, ontinue.
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Pamela7030
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Posted - 06/17/2010 : 07:47:42 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 17, 2K10
Most of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. No
person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his
fellows. Therefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers
have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could
drink like other people. The idea that somehow, someday 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.
Alcoholics Anonymous, P. 30
Alcoholic drinking's three stages: impulsive, compulsive, repulsive.
I spent a lifetime in hell and it only took me twelve steps to
get to heaven.
Serenity is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to
cope with it.
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Freefly
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Posted - 06/18/2010 : 06:34:46 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 18, 2010
Sponsorship
A sponsor is simply a sober alcoholic
who can help solve only one problem:
how to stay sober.
And the sponsor has only one tool to use -- personal experience,
not scientific wisdom. Sponsors have been there,
and they often have more concern, hope, compassion, and confidence for us
than we have for ourselves.
- Living Sober, p. 27
Thought to Ponder . . .
Don't look for a sponsor, listen for one.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
ober,
ractical,
ptimistic,
oble,
piritual,
pen-minded,
espectful.
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Posted - 06/18/2010 : 07:25:51 AM
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NA Thought for the Day
June 18, 2K10
Tradition Three
“The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using.”
This tradition is important for both the individual and the group. Desire is the key word; desire is the basis of our recovery. In our stories and in our experience of trying to carry the message of recovery to the addict who still suffers, one painful fact of life has emerged again and again. An addict who does not want to stop using will not stop using. They can be analyzed, counseled, reasoned with, prayed over, threatened, beaten, or locked up, but they will not stop until they want to stop. The only thing we ask of our members is that they have this desire. Without it they are doomed, but with it miracles will happen.
Desire is our only requirement. Addiction does not discriminate. This tradition is to ensure that any addict, regardless of drugs used, race, religious beliefs, sex, sexual preference, or financial condition is free to practice the NA way of life. With “… a desire to stop using” as the only requirement for membership, one addict is never superior to another. All addicted persons are welcome and equal in obtaining the relief that they are seeking from their addiction; every addict can recover in this program on an equal basis. This tradition guarantees our freedom to recover.
Membership in NA is not automatic when someone walks in the door or when the newcomer decides to stop using. The decision to become a part of our Fellowship rest with the individual. Any addict who has a desire to stop using can become a member of NA. We are addicts, and our problem is addiction.
The choice of membership rest with the individual. We feel that the ideal state for our Fellowship exists when addicts can come freely and openly to an NA meeting, whenever and wherever they choose, and leave just as freely. We realize that recovery is a reality and that life without drugs is better than we ever imagined. We open our doors to other addicts, hoping that they can find what we have found. But we know that only those who have a desire to stop using and want what we have to offer will join us in our way of life.
NA Book, 6th addition, pp. 65-66
Help for addicts begins only when we are able to admit complete defeat.
We find that we suffer from a disease, not a moral dilemma. We were critically ill, not hopelessly bad. Our disease can only be arrested through abstinence.
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Posted - 06/19/2010 : 07:52:43 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 19, 2K10
"...we were at Step Three, which is that we decided to turn our will
and our life over to God as we understood Him. Just what do we mean
by that and just what do we do?”
The first requirement is that we be convinced that any life run on
self-will can hardly be a success. On that basis we are almost
always in collision with something or somebody, even though our
motives are good. Most people try to live by self-propulsion.
~Alcoholics Anonymous p. 60
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Posted - 06/19/2010 : 07:53:56 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 19, 2010
A Concept
I have a concept of a Higher Power that works for me.
It is neither male nor female,
nor does it talk to me or walk with me on the beach.
I use the word "God" when speaking to others about it,
because it's a word I think they can understand.
This Higher Power expresses itself to me through my sponsor,
the men that I sponsor, and others in and out of AA.
Though it has no voice, I know I've heard its message.
- Thank You For Sharing, p.31
Thought to Ponder . . .
The stillness of God speaks louder than a choir of voices.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
ood rderly irection.
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Posted - 06/20/2010 : 07:54:12 AM
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AA Thought for the Day
June 20, 2010
Home Group
Belonging to a group cultivates a deeper kind of fellowship
which many of us want and all of us need.
Often we need courage, and we catch it from others
who are really working the program.
Often we need to know that others are facing
just our kind of difficulties and opportunities,
and to learn from them how to do something and how not to do it.
- The Home Group: Heartbeat of AA, p.20
Thought to Ponder . . .
We need to share our problems to find our solutions.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
earing ther eoples' xperience.
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