thereishope
11-10-2009, 11:31 AM
~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Today
"I realize that all I'm guaranteed in life is today.
The poorest person has no less
and the wealthiest has no more --
each of us has but one day.
What we do with it is our own business;
how we use it is up to us individually.
I feel that I have been restored to health and sanity
these past years not through my own efforts
nor as a result of anything I may have done,
but because I've come to believe
-- to really believe --
that alone I can do nothing.
That my own innate selfishness and stubbornness
are the evils which, if left unguarded,
can drive me to alcohol.
I have come to believe that my illness is spiritual
as well as physical and mental,
and I know that for help in the spiritual sphere
I have to turn to a Higher Power."
c. 1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 473
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Thought to Consider . . .
I can't have a better tomorrow
if I am thinking about yesterday all the time.
*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
S I T = Stay In Today
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*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Design for Living
From: "There Is A Solution"
Here was the terrible dilemma in which our friend found himself when he had the extraordinary experience, which as we have already told you, made him a free man.
We, in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning men. What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, "a design for living" that really works.
2001, AAWS, Inc., Alcoholics Anonymous, page 28
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*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost
the power of choice in drink. Our so-called will power becomes
practically nonexistent. We are unable, at certain times, to bring
into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the
suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago. We are
without defense against the first drink."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 24~
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Misc. AA Literature - Quote
When our membership was small, we dealt with 'low-bottom cases' only. Many less desperate alcoholics tried A.A., but did not succeed because they could not make the admission of their hopelessness.
In the following years, this changed. Alcoholics who still had their health, their families, their jobs, and even two cars in the garage, began to recognize their alcoholism. As this trend grew, they were joined by young people who were scarcely more than potential alcoholics. How could people such as these take the First Step?
By going back in our own drinking histories, we showed them that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that it was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression.
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Member Submitted Quote
Alcoholics are like flowers; we're either growin' or dyin'. - ( Austin from North London )
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12 x 12 Quote
"Some of us, though, tripped over a very different snag. We clung to
the claim that when drinking we never hurt anybody but ourselves. Our
families didn't suffer, because we always paid the bills and seldom
drank at home. Our business associates didn't suffer, because we were
usually on the job. Our reputations hadn't suffered, because we were
certain few knew of our drinking. Those who did would sometimes assure
us that, after all, a lively bender was only a good man's fault. What
real harm, therefore, had we done? No more, surely, than we could
easily mend with a few casual apologies." (Twelve and Twelve, Step
Eight, pg. 79)
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(\ ~~ /)
( \ (AA)/ )
(_ /AA\ _)
/AA\
^*^*^*^*^
Today
"I realize that all I'm guaranteed in life is today.
The poorest person has no less
and the wealthiest has no more --
each of us has but one day.
What we do with it is our own business;
how we use it is up to us individually.
I feel that I have been restored to health and sanity
these past years not through my own efforts
nor as a result of anything I may have done,
but because I've come to believe
-- to really believe --
that alone I can do nothing.
That my own innate selfishness and stubbornness
are the evils which, if left unguarded,
can drive me to alcohol.
I have come to believe that my illness is spiritual
as well as physical and mental,
and I know that for help in the spiritual sphere
I have to turn to a Higher Power."
c. 1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 473
^*^*^*^*^
Thought to Consider . . .
I can't have a better tomorrow
if I am thinking about yesterday all the time.
*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
S I T = Stay In Today
:42::42::42::42::42::42::42::42::42::42::42::42::4 2::42::42::42::42:
*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*
Design for Living
From: "There Is A Solution"
Here was the terrible dilemma in which our friend found himself when he had the extraordinary experience, which as we have already told you, made him a free man.
We, in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning men. What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, "a design for living" that really works.
2001, AAWS, Inc., Alcoholics Anonymous, page 28
:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgr een::mrgreen::mrgreen:
*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost
the power of choice in drink. Our so-called will power becomes
practically nonexistent. We are unable, at certain times, to bring
into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the
suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago. We are
without defense against the first drink."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 24~
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Misc. AA Literature - Quote
When our membership was small, we dealt with 'low-bottom cases' only. Many less desperate alcoholics tried A.A., but did not succeed because they could not make the admission of their hopelessness.
In the following years, this changed. Alcoholics who still had their health, their families, their jobs, and even two cars in the garage, began to recognize their alcoholism. As this trend grew, they were joined by young people who were scarcely more than potential alcoholics. How could people such as these take the First Step?
By going back in our own drinking histories, we showed them that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that it was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression.
:12::12::12::12::12::12::12::12::12::12::12::12::1 2::12::12::12::12::12:
Member Submitted Quote
Alcoholics are like flowers; we're either growin' or dyin'. - ( Austin from North London )
:4::4::4::4::4::4::4::4::4::4::4::4::4::4::4::4::4 ::4::4::4::4::4::4::4::4::4:
12 x 12 Quote
"Some of us, though, tripped over a very different snag. We clung to
the claim that when drinking we never hurt anybody but ourselves. Our
families didn't suffer, because we always paid the bills and seldom
drank at home. Our business associates didn't suffer, because we were
usually on the job. Our reputations hadn't suffered, because we were
certain few knew of our drinking. Those who did would sometimes assure
us that, after all, a lively bender was only a good man's fault. What
real harm, therefore, had we done? No more, surely, than we could
easily mend with a few casual apologies." (Twelve and Twelve, Step
Eight, pg. 79)