Your
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The older I get, the greater power
I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball -- the further I am
rolled the more I gain. ~Susan B
Anthony
"Gratitude releases us from
the 'Gimmies'.
If there is to be any peace,
it will come through being, not having. --Henry Miller
"Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires. --Lao-tzu
"I try to accept reality
instead of trying to control it.
When I make that adjustment, the
struggle ends."
~Grapevine: El Granada, Calif.,
March 2003
"It is the Law that any
difficulties that can come to you at any time, no matter what they are, must
be exactly what you need most at the moment, to enable you to take the next step
forward by overcoming them. The only real misfortune, the only
real tragedy, comes when we suffer without learning the lesson."
~Emmet Fox
"The middle of the road is
where the white line is,
and that's the worst place to
drive."
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overcome,
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Step Eleven - "Sought through prayer
and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood
Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry
that out."
Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us. We no longer live in a completely hostile world. We are no longer lost and frightened and purposeless. The moment we catch even a glimpse of God's will, the moment we begin to see truth, justice, and love as the real and eternal things in life, we are no longer deeply disturbed by all the seeming evidence to the contrary that surrounds us in purely human affairs. We know that God lovingly watches over us. We know that when we turn to Him, all will be well with us, here and hereafter. p. 105 |
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Thought For The Day
We got a kick out of the first few drinks, before we got stupefied by alcohol. For a while, the world seemed to look brighter. But how about the letdown, the terrible depression that comes the morning after? In A.A., we get a real kick, not a false feeling of exhilaration, but a real feeling of satisfaction with ourselves and self-respect. And a feeling of friendliness toward the world. We got a sort of pleasure from drinking. For a while we thought we were happy. But it's only an illusion. The hangover the next day is the opposite of pleasure. In A.A., am I getting real pleasure and serenity and peace? Meditation For The Day I will practice love, because lack of love will block the way. I will try to see good in all people, those I like and also those who fret me and go against the grain. They are all children of God. I will try to give love, otherwise how can I dwell in God's spirit, whence nothing unloving can come? I will try to get along with all people, because the more love I give away, the more I will have. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may do all I can to love others, in spite of their many faults. I pray that as I love, so will I be loved. |
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Vigilance
Deliver us from temptation must continue to be a prime ingredient of our every attitude, practice, and prayer. When things go well, we must never fall into the error of believing that no great ill can possibly befall us. Nor should we accuse ourselves of "negative thinking" when we insist on facing the destructive forces in and around us, both realistically and effectively. Vigilance will always be the price of survival. Bill W., November 1960 c. 1988 AAGrapevine, The Language of the Heart, pp. 316-17 Thought to Consider . . . Adversity introduces us to ourselves *~*AACRONYMS*~*
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RESCUED BY SURRENDERING
Characteristic of the so-called typical
alcoholic is a
narcissistic egocentric core, dominated
by feelings of
omnipotence, intent on maintaining at all
costs its inner
integrity. . . . Inwardly the alcoholic
brooks no control from
man or God He, the alcoholic, is and must
be the master of
his destiny. He will fight to the end to
preserve that
position.
A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 311
The great mystery is: "Why do some
of us die alcoholic
deaths, fighting to preserve the
'independence' of our ego,
while others seem to sober up
effortlessly in A.A.?" Help
from a Higher Power, the gift of
sobriety, came to me when
an otherwise unexplained desire to stop
drinking coincided
with my willingness to accept the
suggestions of the men
and women of A.A. I had to surrender, for
only by reaching
out to God and my fellows could I be
rescued.
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--William Shakespeare Newcomer I went to two different Step meetings this week, in different parts of town, and both of them were on the Fourth Step. I keep hearing that "there are no coincidences." Does this mean I'm supposed to start the Fourth Step now? How do I know if I'm ready? Sponsor First of all, I'm glad to hear that you're going to Step meetings, and I encourage you to keep it up. Your willingness has brought you a long way already, and it continues to be the key. In approaching a new Step, I find it useful to ask myself if I've taken the Steps that precede it in a complete, whole-hearted way. I review Step One and remember why I'm on this path of recovery in the first place: addiction brought me to spiritual depths I don't want to sink to again. Reviewing Step Two reminds me that I'm not alone, and that I have faith that I'll be given what I need to become a whole and free person again. Step Three reminds me that I've made a decision. I'm willing to do what's necessary for recovery and to trust the process. I remember that I only have to do my part; my progress in recovery isn't entirely up to me. My Higher Power will do the rest. When I reach Step Four, I trust that in the process of writing about the events of my addictive life, I'll be taken care of. Today, I bring willingness and an open mind to the next stop in my recovery. I relax and trust that I am not alone.
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