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AA Thought for the Day
July 1 Sane and Sound Ideal We reviewed our own conduct over the years past. Where had we been selfish, dishonest, or inconsiderate? Whom had we hurt? Did we unjustifiably arouse jealousy, suspicion or bitterness? Where were we at fault, what should we have done instead? We got this all down on paper and looked at it. In this way we tried to shape a sane and sound ideal for our future sex life. We subjected each relation to this test—was it selfish or not? - Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 69 Thought to Ponder . . . Selfishness—self-centeredness! That, we think,is the root of our troubles. AA-related 'Alconym' I S M = I, Self, Me. ~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~ Puzzle "By nature touchy and suspicious, the alcoholic likes to be left alone to work out his puzzle, and he has a convenient way of ignoring the tragedy which he inflicts meanwhile upon those who are close to him. He holds desperately to a conviction that, although he has not been able to handle alcohol in the past, he will ultimately succeed in becoming a controlled drinker. One of medicine's queerest animals, he is, as often as not, an acutely intelligent person. He fences with professional men and relatives who attempt to aid him and he gets a perverse satisfaction out of tripping them up in argument." The Jack Alexander Article From the March 1941 issue of The Saturday Evening Post Thought to Consider . . . There is no such thing as being 'a little bit alcoholic.' *~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~* D E N I A L = Don't Even Notice I Am Lying. *~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~* Blindness Step Seven: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. "This lack of anchorage to any permanent values, this blindness to the true purpose of our lives, produced another bad result. For just so long as we were convinced that we could live exclusively by our own individual strength and intelligence, for just that long was a working faith in a Higher Power impossible." 1952, AAWS, Inc.; Printed 2005; Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pg. 72 *~*~*~*~*^ Grapevine Quote ^*~*~*~*~* "No matter what is going on in my life, no matter how bad things seem, I can always find something to be grateful for if I just look hard enough." Mesa, Ariz., March 2010 "Not On Fire" Emotional Sobriety II *~*~*~*~*^ Big Book & Twelve N' Twelve Quotes of the Day ^*~*~*~*~* "The greatest enemies of us alcoholics are resentment, jealousy, envy, frustration, and fear." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, To Employers, pg. 145~ "Resentment is the "number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 64~ "Opinions vary considerably as to why the alcoholic reacts differently from normal people. We are not sure why, once a certain point is reached, little can be done for him. We cannot answer the riddle." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 22~ “You will awaken to a new sense of responsibility for others.” -Alcoholics Anonymous p.120 (To Wives) “When by devoted service to family, friends, business, or community we attract widespread affection and are sometimes singled out for posts of greater responsibility and trust, we try to be humbly grateful and exert ourselves the more in a spirit of love and service.” -Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p.124 (Step Twelve) Misc. AA Literature - Quote Perhaps you raise the question of hallucination verses the divine imagery of a genuine spiritual experience. I doubt if anyone has authoritatively defined what an hallucination really is. However, it is certain that all recipients of spiritual experiences declare for their reality. The best evidence of that reality is in the subsequent fruits. Those who receive these gifts of grace are very much changed people, almost invariably for the better. This can scarcely be said of those who hallucinate. 'Some might think me presumptuous when I say that my own experience is real. Nevertheless, I can surely report that in my own life and in the lives of countless others, the fruits of that experience have been real, and the benefactions beyond reckoning. Prayer for the Day: My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good & bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character Which stands in the way of my usefulness to you & my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here to do your bidding.
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