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Your
Daily Reprieve for Friday February 17 , 2017
From St.
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"He who fights too long against dragons
becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss
will gaze into you."
~Friedrich Nietzsche
"I have learned by some experience, by
many examples, and by the writings of countless others before me, also
occupied in the search, that certain environments, certain modes of life,
certain rules of conduct are more conducive to inner and outer harmony than
others. There are, in fact, certain roads that one may follow.
Simplification of life is one of them."
~Ann Morrow Lindbergh
"If you need a friend who understands,
look no further than the rooms of AA and the Big Book. They always hold an
answer and some faith for me." ~Grapevine: Santa Rosa, Calif.,
October 2006
"It is far
more impressive when others discover
your good
qualities without your help."
~Anonymous
Sometimes good
things fall apart
so better
things can come together.
~Unknown
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Big
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"Simple, but not easy; a price had
to be paid. It meant destruction
of self-centeredness. I must turn in all things to the Father of Light who presides over us all." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Bill's Story, pg. 14~ |
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1150 Total Years of Sobriety
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12&12
Step Twelve - "Having had a
spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this
message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our
affairs."
Now comes the biggest question yet. What about the practice of these principles in all our affairs? Can we love the whole pattern of living as eagerly as we do the small segment of it we discover when we try to help other alcoholics achieve sobriety? Can we bring the same spirit of love and tolerance into our sometimes deranged family lives that we bring to our A.A. group? Can we have the same kind of confidence and faith in these people who have been infected and sometimes crippled by our own illness that we have in our sponsors? Can we actually carry the A.A. spirit into our daily work? Can we meet our newly recognized responsibilities to the world at large? And can we bring new purpose and devotion to the religion of our choice? Can we find a new joy of living in trying to do something about all these things? pp. 111-112 |
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Twenty-Four
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A.A. Thought For The Day
Alcohol is poison to the alcoholic. Poison is not too strong a word, because alcoholism leads eventually to the death of the alcoholic. It may be a quick death or a slow death. When we go by package stores and see various kinds of liquor all dressed up in fancy packages to make it look attractive, we should always make it a point to say to ourselves, so that we'll never forget it: That stuff's poison to me. And it is. Alcohol poisoned our lives for a long time. Do I know that since I am an alcoholic all liquor is poison to me? Meditation For The Day I must somehow find the means of coming nearer to God. That is what really matters. I must somehow seek the true bread of life, which is communion with Him. I must grasp at the truth at the center of all worship. This central truth is all that matters. All forms of worship have this communion with God as their purpose and goal. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may meet God in quiet communion. I pray that I may partake of the soul-food which God has provided for me. |
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Faith
People of faith have a logical idea of what life is all about. Actually, we used to have no reasonable conception whatever. We used to amuse ourselves by cynically dissecting spiritual beliefs and practices when we might have observed that many spiritually-minded persons of all races, colors and creeds were demonstrating a degree of stability, happiness and usefulness which we should have sought ourselves. c. 2002 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 49 Thought to Consider . . . Feed your faith and starve your doubt. *~*AACRONYMS*~* F A I T H
Finding Answers In The Heart.
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Daily
Reflection
THE LOVE IN THEIR EYES
Some of us won't
believe in God, others can't, and still
others who do believe that God exists
have no faith
whatever He will perform this miracle.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 25
It was the changes I saw in the new
people who came into
the Fellowship that helped me lose my
fear, and change my
negative attitude to a positive one. I
could see the love in
their eyes and I was impressed by how
much their "One
Day at a Time" sobriety meant to
them. They had looked
squarely at Step Two and came to believe
that a power
greater than themselves was restoring
them to sanity. That
gave me faith in the Fellowship, and hope
that it could
work for me too. I found that God was a
loving God, not
that punishing God I feared before coming
to A.A. I also
found that He had been with me during all
those times I had
been in trouble before I came to A.A. I
know today that He
was the one who led me to A.A. and that I
am a miracle.
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Pot
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--Albert Einstein It's easy to live as though our problems will just go away. We say tomorrow, next month, or next year will be better. We keep some kernel of hope that things will change, even though we haven't done anything to change things. Herein lies a paradox. We need to be positive, to let go, and to live one day at a time, but we also need to be sensitive to points in our lives that require us to take action. Before we can begin to get out of a rut, to make positive change, we need to acknowledge that a problem exists in the first place and that we are responsible for doing something about it. When we can pinpoint the problem, we create a new awareness. We're suddenly open to receiving information we previously blocked out. We reach a higher level of thinking regarding our situation. Today on this New Year's Day I will actively seek information about how to help myself or others and will be open to different philosophies.
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