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CULTIVATING FAITH “I don’t think we can do anything very well in this world unless we practice it. And I don’t believe we do A.A. too well unless we practice it. . . . We should practice . . . acquiring the spirit of service. We should attempt to acquire some faith, which isn’t easily […]
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Courage is fear that has said its prayers. —Karle Wilson Baker— No one of us is always courageous. With trepidation we embark on many journeys. Fear is dispelled each time we rely on our inner strength and trust that our lives are in good hands. Self-talk is powerful and will prepare us to meet whatever […]
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To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward. —Margaret Fairless Barber— When we contemplate last month, last year, the period of time just before we came into this Twelve Step program, we can see many […]
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After we’ve been in A.A. for a while, we find out that if we’re going to stay sober, we have to be humble people. The men and women in A.A. who have achieved sobriety are all humble people. When I stop to think that but for the grace of God I might be drunk right […]
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One of the most important parts of the AA program is to give our drinking problem to God honestly and fully—Twenty-Four Hour a Day, March 1st— We don’t handle our drinking or other drug problem. We don’t take care of this problem by ourselves. We turn our problem over to God as we understand Him. […]
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Every great mistake has a half-way moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied. —Pearl S. Buck— We make mistakes because we are human, we are imperfect, we are frequently out of touch with the rhythms of the moment. When our minds are one place, either still trapped by the past […]
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The satisfaction you get out of living a sober life is made up of a lot of little things, but they add up to a satisfactory and happy life. You take out of life what you put into it. So I’d say to people coming into A.A.: “Don’t worry about what life will be like […]
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SELF-EXAMINATION . . . we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 86 When said sincerely, this prayer teaches me to be truly unselfish and humble, for even in doing good deeds I often used to seek approval and glory for […]
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A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness. —Fontenelle— Our disease is sometimes call the disease of “always wanting more.” We push ourselves to get as much pleasure as we could. If one was good , two was better. We didn’t see that what we were lacking was faith. At times in […]
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One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it. —Helen Hayes… Our habits, whatever they may be, were greatly influenced, if not wholly formed, during childhood. We learned our behavior through imitation, imitation of our parents, our siblings, our peer group. But we need not be stuck in […]