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By the Power of God is a book endorsed by the late Ozzie Lepper, Manager of Wilson House

It explains how Bill Wilson endorsed the formation of all sorts of A.A. activities—retreats, Bible Study groups, and the like. He wrote Rev. John C. Ford, S.J. and Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr. so stating. This book should bring heart to those who want to pursue A.A. and their own religious convictions among groups of like-minded believers. Consider donating $15.60 on my website www.dickb.com and enabling us to send a copy free to someone who will use it effectively to establish and conduct a group that really wants to rely on the power of God for recovery.

http://openlibrary.org/b/OL58292M/By_the_power_of_God



God Bless, Dick B.
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Hello Family,

Just wanted to share one of my favorite prayers. I arise gives me chills I feel such a closeness with my higher power "GOD" when I say this prayer...


I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Light of the sun,
Splendor of fire,
Swiftness of wind,

Depth of the sea,
Stability of earth,
Firmness of rock.

I arise today
Through God's strength to pilot me;
God's might to uphold me,
God's wisdom to guide me,
God's hand to guard me. Afar and anear,
Alone or in a multitude.

Christ shield me today
Against wounding:

Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,

Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ in me.

I arise today
Through the mighty strength
Of the Lord of Creation.


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Hello,

There is a client of mine who carried her baby full term of her pregnacy, Last week I got a call that my client was in the hospital and that she gave birth to a dead baby. the ambilical cord wrapped around the babies neck. She has been in recovery and is to me a power of example, she began going to school continued to attend her NA/AA meetings and helped alot of people, attended program mandatory meetings. on the 11/3/09 she was home and felt the baby drop went to the hospital they took an ultrasound they informed her that the baby was dead. so she knew she was giving birth to a dead baby. She refused to let the baby out of her sight when she gave birth. I went to the hospital at first, I did not realize that her baby "Mariah Hope" was in the room with her I thought it was a coat at the end of the bed. After awhile I stood at the end of her bed talking to her to let her be aware that I am here to support her when I looked down I saw the baby there wrapped in a pink blanket and a hat on. "I AM 48 YEARS OLD AND HAVE NEVER EVER SEEN ANTHING LIKE THIS" She is in big denial and of course they prescribed to her some narcotics to be able to function during this horrible time.
I wanted to ask you if you can please pray for her :195: that she will be able to get through this!!!! :164:

Sonia


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I thought this was worth sharing today. I greatly appreciated it!

From the editorial page of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 11/12/09

written by Joseph Carducci, Mt. Lebanon, PA

Seconds, anyone?

During the coming weeks, we can expect the media to serve up the same old two stories:

1. Remembering our troops overseas who will be without fine food and family during the holidays.

2. Tips on how the rest of us can survive the stress of dealing with fine food and family during the holidays.

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~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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( \ (AA)/ )
(_ /AA\ _)
/AA\
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Practice

"God willing, we members of AA may never again
have to deal with drinking,
but we do have to deal with sobriety every day.
How do we do it?
By learning -- through practicing the Twelve Steps
and through sharing at meetings --
how to cope with the problems
that we looked to booze to solve, back in our drinking days."
c. 1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 560
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Thought to Consider . . .

There's no elevator, you have to take the Steps.

*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
S T E P S = Solutions To Every Problem in Sobriety


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


Red Flags
From: "The Perpetual Quest"
Many years later, although alcohol is not part of my life and I no longer have the compulsion to drink, it can still occur to me what a good drink tastes like and what it can do for me, from my stand-at-attention alcoholic taste buds right down to my stretched out tingling toes. As my sponsor used to point out, such thoughts are like red flags, telling me that something is not right, that I am stretched beyond my sober limit. It's time to get back to basic AA and see what needs changing. That special relationship with alcohol will always be there, waiting to seduce me again. I can stay protected by continuing to be an active member of AA.

2001, AAWS, Inc., Alcoholics Anonymous, pages 396-397

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*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*

"When you discover a prospect for Alcoholics Anonymous, find out all
you can about him. If he does not want to stop drinking, don't
waste time trying to persuade him. You may spoil a later opportunity."

Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 90


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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




Almost every newspaper reporter who covers A.A. complains, at first, of the difficulty of writing his story without names. But he quickly forgets this difficulty when he realizes that here is a group of people who care nothing for acclaim.
Probably this is the first time in his life he has ever reported on an organization that wants no personalized publicity. Cynic though he may be, this obvious sincerity quickly transforms him into a friend of A.A.

Moved by the spirit of anonymity, we try to give up our natural desires for personal distinction as A.A. members, both among fellow alcoholics and before the general public. As we lay aside these very human aspirations, we believe that each of us takes part in the weaving of a protective mantle which covers our whole Society and under which we may grow and work in unity.

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Member Submitted Quote



Come to the edge, he said.
They said, We are afraid.
Come to the edge, he said.
They came.
He pushed them... and they flew.
- Guillaume Apollinaire


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12 x 12 Quote

"Before we ask what a spot-check inventory is, let's look at the kind
of setting in which such an inventory can do its work. It is a
spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the
cause, there is something wrong with us. If somebody hurts us and we
are sore, we are in the wrong also. But are there no exceptions to this
rule? What about 'justifiable' anger? If somebody cheats us, aren't we
entitled to be mad? Can't we be properly angry with self-righteous
folk? For us of AA these are dangerous exceptions. We have found that
justified anger ought to be left to those better qualified to handle
it." (Twelve and Twelve, Step Ten, pg. 90)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEC7d5jbAbo

Hello,

I'm an associate producer on a new intervention/recovery show for TLC. Kristina Wandzilak (fullcircleintervention) will be overseeing the treatment of the patients, and counseling not only them, but their families as well during a 28-day, inpatient program.

The entire program is free, but the patient must be ready for recovery, have family available and willing to help the addict with their recovery on-camera, and live somewhere in Northern California, preferably close to San Francisco.

You have my every assurance that this is a legitimate offer from a reputable board-registered interventionist and certified drug and alcohol counselor.

Mods, could you please make this sticky, so the right parties may have the chance to take advantage of this opportunity?

Thanks,
Michael Yates
Asylum Entertainment
310-696-4830 (office)
myates(at)asylument(dot)com

please only call if you meet the above requirements; living in or near San Francisco, and have immediate family ready to help you with recovery. FAMILY of an addict are also welcome to call if they feel their relative is ready.

It sure is quiet here now days. It seems like now days the only time people like to post if there is something to argue about. I would like to see more joyful topic on how recovery is touching everyone's day or if you have a problem put it out there. We use to be a tight group and a helpful group. I do think we have lost some members due to the arguing. That is very sad. Lets see, today I'm not hung over and I can be there for my kids. I can take them to the doctor and look the doctor in the eye knowing I'm not doing anything wrong like drinking like a fish and hiding it. You have to fill out a check list when you go to the doctors and they would ask if alcoholism runs in the family, I would always lie LOL.

I tell you, do not be anxious and troubled [with cares] about your life, as to what you will [have to] eat; or about your body, as to what you will [have to] wear. For life is more than food, and the body [more] than clothes.
— Luke 12:22-23

If you have a rich spiritual life, you'll already be satisfied with the moment, the day, the year. We all have these moments at times. You wander through a summer field of fireflies and suddenly feel still and awed at the beauty of it all. You hold your new son or grandson on your lap and feel a great spiritual bond of love all around you. You're sitting in a pew Sunday morning and the light comes through the stained glass and fills your heart with joy. The moment is complete in itself. You don't think, "My heart is full of joy, and boy, do I wish I had a slice of chocolate cake in my hand!"

You can know the complete fulfillment of spiritual nourishment and know that if you can experience it regularly, you'll have no problem eating and drinking only what you need. In fact, we should all feel those transcendent moments more often than we do. I believe they are essential to physical, emotional, and spiritual health. And I think we spend too little time trying to achieve them and too much time meditating on our problems. Whether it's in therapy, at home, or with friends over coffee, if we stew in our own problems all the time, they are only going to be with us that much more.

Get your mind off the problems, and spend more time meditating on the one true solution—God's love. Our problems in life—and there will be problems—should drive us to God, not away from Him. Jonah tried running from his duty to the Lord by sailing to a remote destination, and look what happened to him! Don't follow Jonah's path. Run to God! He won't just help you find the solutions to your spiritual hunger, He is the solution!


Joyce Meyer

:21:Alcoholics Anonymous, Its Big Book, & Its Specific Bible References
How Bill W. Used the Bible to Make His Points

By Dick B.
© 2009 Anonymous. All rights reserved

Words from the Bible You Can Find in A.A.’s “Basic Text,” Alcoholics Anonymous

The word “God” occurs with a capital “G” and without qualification 277 times in Alcoholics Anonymous, 3rd ed.
The word “Creator” occurs five times in the Bible (KJV) and 12 times in Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed.
“Maker” is a biblical word used twice in A.A.’s Big Book, 4th edition.
“Father” is a word Jesus used of his heavenly Father, and it is found in the Big Book.
“Father of Light” is an expression from the Book of James [Jam 1:17, “lights” (KJV)] and occurs in the Big Book
“Heavenly Father” is an expression used by Jesus Christ, and by both Bill W. and Dr. Bob.
“living God” is a phrase Bill W. used, and it occurs frequently in the Bible.
“God Almighty” was said by Bill to be the only one who could cure the lunacy of the alcoholic. (See Gen 35:11)
“God our Father” is another biblical expression Bill W. chose to use. [See, for example, Rom 1:7 (KJV)]
“God is” was an expression found in the writings of Rev. Sam Shoemaker and in Hebrews 11:6 (KJV).

Direct Quotes from the Bible in the Big Book

“Thy will be done” can be found in the Big Book on pages 67 and 88, and in Jesus’ words in Matthew 6:10.
“Thy will (not mine) be done” can be found in the Big Book at page 85 and in Luke 22:42.
“Love thy neighbor as thyself” is in the Big Book at page 153 and in the Bible (E.g., see Lev 19:18; Matt 19:18.)
“Faith without works is dead” is a common A.A. expression that comes from the Book of James [Jam 2:20, 26].

Slogans with Biblical Roots

“First Things First” came from Matthew 6:33 according to Dr. Bob.
“One day at a time.” was related by Dr. Bob to Matthew 6:34.
“But for the grace of God” can be seen in 1 Corinthians 15:10.

The Significance Today

The major point for us is that the expressions, taken with all the researched and documented history of early A.A., provide one of many indications of the role that God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Bible played in the Original A.A. program of 1935. The expressions also give solid evidence that the love and power of God in present-day fellowships are still viable, appropriate, and supportable in a diverse fellowship which still contains tens of thousands of believers who want God’s help and wonder if their need can be met in fellowships today. If you read about the origins of A.A. in the rescue missions, the YMCA, the Salvation Army, the Christian Endeavor Society, and the teachings of Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr., you can see how the biblical ideas of early A.A. were foundational in the Original fellowship. If you read that Dr. Bob emphasized that the Book of James, Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, and 1 Corinthians 13 were absolutely essential to the program, the spillover of language from these sources is everywhere manifest. If you hear that both Bill W. and Dr. Bob stated that Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount contained the underlying spiritual philosophy of A.A., you can see the remnants of this thinking in today’s fellowship. And if you learn that Dr. Bob said emphatically “Your Heavenly Father will never let you down,” you may believe his remark particularly suits your need and belief if you truly want God’s help.

Documentation can be found in Dick B., “The Good Book and The Big Book: A.A.’s Roots in the Bible,” Bridge Builders ed., 1997, www.dickb.com/goodbook.shtml.

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First let me say, Thank you GOD for the answer i prayed for, also thanks for this loving and caring community of people here in this place thats call Cyber Recovery. I love each and everyone here. Now, something I did on here is leaving a bad taste in my mouth, it's not sitting right with my spirit. I came along way from acting out on defects, and it hurts, it really do. Im not just doing this to restore me, I need to repair the damage i cause to this website and other's. Im asking for forgiveness for my action. An amends is more then saying your sorry, so what is one to do in a case like this? Im asking for forgiveness from each and everyone here, especially from IntoTheLight, I am wrong for my action, and all i can say to you and everybody here, it will never happen agin, I am so so sorry. Their are so many people here that show and give me Love I say to them thank you and I love you too:61:

i have just realised that i have social anxiety disorder...i think...thats the words but to me it just feels like a big ball of fear, shame and guilt and sometimes anger. how do I get rid of it? Ive been like it all my life...to a greater or lesser extent, been through drug addiction, heroin etc ...on meds now citalopram 40mg. Is the answer meds or some thing else? wish I could go to social anxiety rehab x Im functioning but not very well. glad to have some hope.

Thankyou for your sacrifice and your deep love for our freedom:42:

http://www.tangle.com/view_video?vie...eeklytopvideos

Misc. AA Literature - Quote




If a mere code of morals or a better philosophy of life were sufficient to overcome alcoholism, many of us would have recovered long ago. But we found that such codes and philosophies did not save us, no matter how much we tried. We could wish to be moral, we could wish to be philosophically comforted, in fact, we could will these things with all our might, but the power needed for change wasn't there. Our human resources, as marshaled by the will, were not sufficient; they failed utterly.
Lack of power: That was our dilemma. We had to find a power by which we could live - and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves.

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Member Submitted Quote



Wow, you're really on a pink cloud. Don't worry, hon, this too shall pass.

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12 x 12 Quote

"After taking this preliminary trial at making amends, we may enjoy
such a sense of relief that we conclude our task is finished. We will
want to rest on our laurels. The temptation to skip the more
humiliating and dreaded meetings that still remain may be great. We
will often manufacture plausible excuses for dodging these issues
entirely. Or we may just procrastinate, telling ourselves the time is
not yet, when in reality we have already passed up many a fine chance
to right a serious wrong. Let's not talk prudence while practicing
evasion." (Twelve and Twelve, Step Nine, pg. 85)


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Will post the rest as soon as i get them in my e-mail. They are very late today. Sorry for the delay:195:

Our thoughts build our character

(J. R. Miller, "The Lesson of Love" 1903)

"When, on my bed, I think of You, I meditate on You during the night watches." Psalm 63:6

It is a law of life--that our thoughts build our character.

If we meditate on the purity, the holiness, the goodness, the love, the righteousness, of Christ--these qualities will print themselves upon our own hearts.

Paul has given us an infallible direction for the best spiritual culture.
"Whatever is true,
whatever is noble,
whatever is right,
whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely,
whatever is admirable--
if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--
think about such things!" Philippians 4:8
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This is one of my favorite poems about life, it’s titled “There’s a Hole in my Sidewalk“, by Portia Nelson.I am still learning this. "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got"


Chapter 1.

I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost…
I am helpless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.

Chapter 2.

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I cant believe I am in this same place.
But it isn’t my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

Chapter 3.

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in… its a habit.
But, my eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

Chapter 4.

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

Chapter 5.

I walk down another street.

It's a tough road these days for the Christian leaders, scholars, and afflicted dealing with the recovery community. They are pelted with critics who claim Alcoholics Anonymous is a cult, is "not of the Lord," is psychoheresy, and is the product of spiritualism.

What these folks need is a very clear, accurate, report on where A.A. came from, what its Original program was, and why it succeeded.

As long as Christians and those in need of God's help are diverted from what they want--God's help--it is easier and easier for anti-A.A. writers to paint any and every N.A., A.A., Christian in recovery, and Christian recover leader as a participant in a cult, as having dubious Christian understanding, as being led by a group of spiritualists, and as a believer in light bulbs, higher powers, and false gods.

People in recovery come in hurting. If they hear absurd talk of A.A.'s emerging from a Nazi cult, a spiritualist nut, an auto-writing effort, they will spend more of their time and confused minds pondering what kind of an outfit they have associated with.

I don't think it is amiss to make some simple points for those who have become afflicted with alcoholism and addiction, who have found them selves in unbelievable self-destructive problems, and who hurt so badly they just want love--the love of God.

This they will have a chance of seeking if they learn that A.A. sprang from Christian origins, that it was originally a Christian fellowship, and that reliance on the power of God through Christ is what produced the original documented 75% to 93% success rate. They also need to recognize that the fellowship as a whole today--in fact, the entire recovery community--are permeated with people of all religious beliefs and often of no belief whatever.

AAs today can learn their Christian roots if they wish. They can seek God if they wish. They can accept Christ if they wish. And they don't have to buy into nonsense gods and higher powers that are rocks if they don't want to.


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I thought i'd say hello... Just finished a detox. I've been a problematic user of drugs for 13 years on and off. I feel a bit isolated in not taking drugs so i'm just having a nosey about on here.

I'm not into the whole ''I am powerless'' NA/AA thing because i'm not powerless i'm not a weak person. It works for so many people so it can't be a bad thing eh.