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10-21-2015, 06:17 AM | #21 |
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AA Thought for the Day
October 21 Fearlessness If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it -- then you are ready to take certain steps. At some of these we balked. We thought we could find an easier, softer way. But we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start. Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely. - Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 58 Thought to Ponder . . . A fear faced is a fear erased. AA-related 'Alconym' . . . H O W = Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness. ~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~ Humility "The attainment of greater humility is the foundation principle of each of AA's Twelve Steps. For without some degree of humility, no alcoholic can stay sober at all. Nearly all AA's have found, too, that unless they develop much more of this precious quality than may be required just for sobriety, they still haven't much chance of becoming truly happy. Without it, they cannot live to much useful purpose, or, in adversity, be able to summon the faith that can meet any emergency." c.1952AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 70 Thought to Consider . . . I didn't learn humility with my head. I learned humility with my heart. *~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~* T R U S T = Try Relying Upon Steps and Traditions *~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~* Forthright and Generous Step Nine: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. As soon as we begin to feel confident in our new way of life and have begun, by our behavior and example, to convince those about us that we are indeed changing for the better, it is usually safe to talk in complete frankness with those who have been seriously affected, even those who may be only a little or not at all aware of what we have done to them. The only exceptions we will make will be cases where our disclosure would cause actual harm. These conversations can begin in a casual or natural way. But if no such opportunity presents itself, at some point we will want to summon all our courage, head straight for the person concerned, and lay our cards on the table. We needn't wallow in excessive remorse before those we have harmed, but amends at this level should always be forthright and generous. 1981, AAWS, Inc., Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pages 85-86 *~*~*~*~*^ Grapevine Quote ^*~*~*~*~* "Only by accepting my powerlessness over alcohol did I begin to discover the powers that alcohol had obliterated: God, health, truth, love, nature, fellowship, humor, creativity, and even simple daily kindness." Barrington, Ill., June 2007 "In Your Bones," Into Action *~*~*~*~*^ Big Book & Twelve N' Twelve Quotes of the Day ^*~*~*~*~* "To be gravely affected, one does not necessarily have to drink a long time nor take the quantities some of us have. This is particularly true of women. Potential female alcoholics often turn into the real thing and are gone beyond recall in a few years." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 33~ "Therefore, we started upon a personal inventory. This was Step Four. A business which takes no regular inventory usually goes broke. Taking a commercial inventory is a fact-finding and a fact-facing process." Alcoholics Anonymous p.64 We do talk about each other a great deal, but we almost invariably temper such talk by a spirit of love and tolerance. -Alcoholics Anonymous p.125 Can we bring the same spirit of love and tolerance into our sometimes deranged family lives that we bring to our A.A. group? -Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p.112 Misc. AA Literature - Quote It seems to me that the primary object of any human being is to grow, as God intended, that being the nature of all growing things. 'Our search must be for what reality we can find, which includes the best definition and feeling of love that we can acquire. If the capability of loving is in the human being, then it must surely be in his Creator. 'Theology helps me in that many of its concepts cause me to believe that I live in a rational universe under a loving God, and that my own irrationality can be chipped away, little by little. This is, I suppose, the process of growth for which we are intended. Prayer for the Day: Run The Race - Help me this day, Higher Power, to run with patience the race that is set before me. May neither opposition without nor discouragement within divert me from my progress in recovery. Inspire in me strength of mind, willingness, and acceptance, that I may meet all fears and difficulties with courage, and may complete the tasks set before me today.
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