AA Thought for the Day
August 3
Faith
If all I have is a dollar in my pocket and I'm at a meeting,
logic tells me to save it for myself for later.
If I give it to AA, and have faith in the process,
it will come back to me in ways I can't even imagine.
Spirituality is not based on logic, it is faith-driven.
Faith makes the impossible possible.
The AA Grapevine, September 2005
Thought to Ponder . . .
Faith dares the soul to go beyond what the eyes can see.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
F A I T H = Finding Answers In The Heart.
~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
Vigilance
"Now that we're in AA and sober,
and winning back the esteem of our friends
and business associates,
we find that we still need to exercise special vigilance.
As an insurance against 'big-shot-ism'
we can often check ourselves by remembering
that we are today sober only by the grace of God
and that any success we may be having
is far more His success than ours."
1952AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 92
Thought to Consider . . .
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing ...
my sobriety.
*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
P U T = Patience, Understanding, Tolerance
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Change
>From "A New Man":
"But the real miracle was what happened to him in the next ten years. He began helping people. I mean helping! No call has been too hard, too inconvenient, too 'hopeless.' He founded the A.A. group in his town, and he is embarrassed if you mention this to others or comment on the amount of A.A. work he is doing.
"He is not the same man I was trying to twelfth-step. I failed in all my efforts to help the man I knew. And then Someone else provided a new man. - Bernardsville, New Jersey, USA"
1973 AAWS, Inc.; Came to Believe, 30th printing 2004, pg. 15
*~*~*~*~*^ Grapevine Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"I think my Higher Power stepped in and started leading me out of the alcoholic life, as I seemed incapable of doing it on my own."
Alexandria, Va., April 2002
"A Real War Story"
Voices of Long-Term Sobriety
*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book & Twelve N' Twelve Quotes of the Day ^*~*~*~*~*
"Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them
help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up
about you, to have a host of friends ,this is an experience you
must not miss."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 89~
"Much has already been said about receiving strength, inspiration,
and direction from Him who has all knowledge and power. If we have
carefully followed directions, we have begun to sense the flow of
His Spirit into us. To some extent we have become God-conscious. We
have begun to develop this vital sixth sense. But we must go further
and that means more action."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 85~
"Offer him friendship and fellowship."
-Alcoholics Anonymous p. 95 (Working With Others)
"The intense relief on my friend's face warmed my heart."
-Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p. 162 (Tradition Seven)
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, allow me to be friendly toward all those I meet today.
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