AA Thoughts For Today - May

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AA Thought for the Day

May 16

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I had been undergoing a spiritual experience without knowing it. My continued questioning about a Higher Power,
my changed mental attitude, and even my physical recovery had all been a part of a spiritual awakening.
Without knowing it, I had been in contact with the source of life, whatever or whoever that may be.
- The Best of the Grapevine [Vol. 2], p. 193

Thought to Ponder . . .
New ideals and new attitudes bring a new life.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A A = Altered Attitudes.

~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~

Martyrdom
"Self-pity is one of the most unhappy and
consuming defects that we know.
It is a bar to all spiritual progress
and can cut off all effective communication
with our fellows
because of its inordinate demands
for attention and sympathy.
It is a maudlin form of martyrdom,
which we can ill afford."
Bill W., Letter, 1966
As Bill Sees It, p. 238

Thought to Consider . . .
I can't have a better tomorrow
if I am thinking about yesterday all the time.

*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
PEACE
Praying Energetically Always Creates Ease

*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*

Real
>From "Because I'm an Alcoholic":
"A.A. is my home now, and it is everywhere. I go to meetings when I travel here or in foreign countries, and the people
are family I can know because of what we share. As I write this, in my twenty-eighth year of sobriety, I am amazed to
look back and remember the woman or child. I was then, to see how far I've come out of that abyss. Alcoholics
Anonymous has enabled me to move from fantasies about what I might do with my life into living it, one day at a time."
2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 346

*~*~*~*~*^ Grapevine Quote ^*~*~*~*~*

"I believe most of us would agree that the general idea of anonymity is sound, because it encourages alcoholics and the
families of alcoholics to approach us for help. Still fearful of being stigmatized, they regard our anonymity as an
assurance their problems will be kept confidential; that the alcoholic skeleton in the family closet will not wander in the streets."
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., March 1946
"Our Anonymity Is Both Inspiration and Safety"
The Language of the Heart

~*~*~*~*^ Big Book & Twelve N' Twelve Quotes of the Day ^*~*~*~*~*

"Faith without works was dead, he said. And how appallingly true for
the alcoholic! For if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his
spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, he could
not survive the certain trials and low spots ahead. If he did not
work, he would surely drink again, and if he drank, he would surely
die. Then faith would be dead indeed. With us it is just like that."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Bill's Story, pg. 14~

"Resentment is the "number one" offender. It destroys more
alcoholics than anything else."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 64~

When our inventory is carefully taken, and we have made peace with ourselves, the conviction follows that tomorrow’s
challenges can be met as they come.
-Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 89

Misc. AA Literature - Quote

Giving Up Defects
Looking at those defects we are unwilling to give up, we ought to erase the hard and fast lines that we have drawn.
Perhaps in some cases we shall say, 'This I cannot give up yet. . .' But we should not say to ourselves, 'This I will never give up!'
The moment we say, 'No, never!' our minds close against the grace of God. Such rebellion may be fatal. Instead, we
should abandon limited objectives and begin to move toward God's will for us. TWELVE AND TWELVE, PP. 68-69

Prayer For The Day: Oh God, hold me in the palm of your hand. I pray that you will mold me into what you want me to be. May I joyfully fill the role you have given to me and feel your peace deep in my soul, today and always, Amen.