AA Thought for the Day

[francie21805]

AA Thought for the Day

January 28, 2009

Possibilities

I have come to believe that hard times are not just meaningless suffering
and that something good might turn up at any moment.

That's a big change for someone who used to come to in the morning

feeling sentenced to another day of life.
When I wake up today, there are lots of possibilities.
I can hardly wait to see what's going to happen next.

I keep coming back because it works.





Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 374.



Thought to Ponder....


Once we clear a hurdle, it doesn't seem so high.



Recovery Related Acronym


T H I N K = The Happiness I Never Knew.




Courtesy of AAonline.net

[francie21805]

AA Thought for the Day
January 29, 2009

Vulnerability

Our drinking lives left our emotional selves pinched, scraped, bent, and bruised,

if not pretty firmly warped.

So, as our experience shows, the first nondrinking days
are likely to be periods of great emotional vulnerability.
Is this an extended pharmacological effect of the drinking?
Is it a natural state for anyone recuperating from a long and extended illness?
Or does it indicate a deep flaw in the personality?
The answer doesn't matter at first.
Whatever the cause, the condition is one we have to watch out for,
because it can tempt us to drink faster than the eye, head, or heart can realize.





Living Sober, Page 61.



Thought to Ponder....

Once we understand ourselves, the rest of living falls in line.


Recovery Related Acronym

A A = Always Aware.


Courtesy of aaonline.net

[janbear]

January 30, 2009
Release
A belief in the basic spirituality of life has grown
and with it belief in a supreme and guiding power for good.
In the process of this change I can recognize
two immensely significant steps for me.
The first step I took when I admitted to myself for the first time
that all my previous thinking might be wrong.
The second step came when I first consciously wished to believe.
As a result of this experience I am convinced that to seek is to find,
to ask is to be given.
The day never passes that I do not silently cry out in thankfulness,
not merely for my release from alcohol,
but even more for a change that has given life new meaning, dignity, and beauty.


Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous [First Edition], pp. 355-356.


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Thought to Ponder....
When I change what I believe, I change what I do.


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Recovery Related Acronym

A B C = Acceptance, Belief, Change.