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Now we can take an inventory of the good things that have come to us through A.A. To begin with, we’re sober today. That’s the biggest asset on any alcoholic’s books. Sobriety to us is like good-will in business. Everything else depends on that. Most of us have jobs, which we owe to our sobriety. […]
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GUIDANCE … this means a belief in a Creator who is all power, justice, and love; a God who intends for me a purpose, a meaning, and a destiny to grow, however… haltingly, toward His own likeness and image. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 51 As I began to understand my own powerlessness and my […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--022226-->
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind. ––Helen Keller— Facing conditions we would like to change, letting go of people we wish were different, takes growth, patience, tolerance. We’re so easily enticed into thinking we’d be happier, “If only he’d change,” or “If I had a better job,” or “If the kids would settle […]
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We can never go back again, that much is certain. –Daphne DuMaurier— Yesterday is gone, but its experiences will be reflected in those of today. We learned from both the good and the bad situations of yesterday. Where we travel today, likewise, will influence our direction tomorrow. We can’t do over what has gone before, […]
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I’M PART OF THE WHOLE At once, I became a part–if only a tiny part–of a cosmos…. AS BILL SEES IT, p. 225 When I first came to A.A., I decided that “they” were very nice people–perhaps a little naive, a little too friendly, but basically decent, earnest people (with whom I had nothing in […]
Keep it Simple <!--022126-->
It easier to speak of love, than to practice it. —Anonymous— Do we help our neighbor who is in need? We must help when we see the need, not just when it fits our schedule. In the program, this becomes our goal. We work at helping out. For example, when someone is needed to run […]
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I go to the A.A. meetings because it helps me in my business of keeping sober. And I try to help other alcoholics when I can, because that’s my part of my business of keeping sober. I also have a partner in this business and that’s God. I pray to Him every day to help […]
Promise of a new Day <!--022126-->
Although the act of nurturing another’s spiritual growth has the effect of nurturing one’s own, a major characteristic of genuine love is that the distinction between oneself and the other is always maintained and preserved. —M. Scott Peck, M.D.— Those we love must be free to love us in return, or leave us. The honest […]
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You must do the thing you think you cannot do. -—Eleanor Roosevelt— How can we ever do that which seems impossible? Taking a class, quitting a job, leaving a destructive relationship behind, asking for help; none of these can we do alone or with ease. All of these we can handle when we rely on […]
Promise of a new Day <!--022026-->
Do not dream of influencing other people…Think of things in themselves. —Virginia Woolf— One sort of plan is doomed to almost certain failure: the plan we have for someone else. An experienced breeder can predict a pedigreed puppy’s future with reasonable accuracy, but a human child is quite a different matter. Any relationship that is […]