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AN ACT OF PROVIDENCE It is truly awful to admit that, glass in hand, we have warped our minds into such an obsession for destructive drinking that only an act of Providence can remove it from us. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 21 My act of Providence, (a manifestation of divine care and direction), […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--010926-->
The Chinese say that water is the most powerful element, because it is perfectly nonresistant. It can wear away a rock and sweep all before it. —Florence Scovel Shinn— Nonresistance, ironically, may be a posture we struggle with. Nonresistance means surrendering the ego absolutely. For many of us, the ego, particularly disguised as false pride, […]
Promise of a new Day <!--010926-->
When a man leaves off believing in imaginary property, then only will he make use of his true property. —Leo Tolstoy— The original meaning of property is “belonging to the self.” In this sense, land, houses, money, paintings, jewels, cars, cannot be our property; they are all things, and we enjoy using them, but they […]
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Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the light, even though for the moment you do not see… —Bill W.— At times, we’ll go through pain and hardship, At times, we’ll have doubts. At times, we’ll get angry and think we just don’t care anymore. These things can spiritually blind us. But this normal. […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--010826-->
Everyone who comes into A.A. knows from bitter experience that he or she can’t drink. I know that drinking has been the cause of all my major troubles or has made them worse. Now that I have found a way out, I will hang on to A.A. with both hands. Saint Paul once said that […]
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All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery.—George Orwell— For the most part, we receive too much information. We’re bombarded with print, sound, images. Many of us cultivate a healthy skepticism: we consider the source. What does this person, this agency, this network, this […]
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DO I HAVE A CHOICE? The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called willpower becomes practically nonexistent. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.24 My powerlessness over alcohol does not cease when I quit drinking. In sobriety I still have no choice – I can’t drink. The […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--010826-->
When people make changes in their lives in a certain area, they may start by changing the way they talk bout that subject, how they act about it, their attitude toward it, or an underlying decision concerning it. —Jean Illsley Clarke— Acting “as if” is powerful. It leads the way to a changed attitude, a […]
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I’m not sorry for anyone’s being poor; I’m only sorry when they have no work. —Helena Morley— Human beings have been described as animals with language, animals with laughter, tool-using animals, animals that play. But we’re pre-eminently animals that work. Small children’s play is imitation of the work they see adults doing. Fortunate adults put […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--010726-->
When temptation comes, as it does sometimes to all of us, I will say to myself: “No, my whole life depends on not taking that drink and nothing in the world can make me do it.” Besides, I have promised that Higher Power that I wouldn’t do it. I know that God doesn’t want me […]