February 9
Daily Reflections
http://www.aa.org/lang/en/aareflecti...14&rdm=2&rdd=9
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As Bill Sees It
http://upperpeninsulaoa.com/wp-conte...BillSeesIt.pdf
http://csoaamaine.org/absi/
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Alcoholics Anonymous - First Edition
Chapter 7 - WORKING WITH OTHERS
Many of us keep liquor in our homes. We often need it to carry green recruits through a severe hangover. Some of us still serve it to our friends provided they are not alcoholic. But some of us think we should not serve liquor to anyone. We never argue this question. We feel that each family, in the light of their own circumstances, ought to decide for themselves.
pp. 102-103
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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
http://www.aa.org/1212/
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Decision is the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothing happens. --Wilfred A. Peterson
"You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was." --Irish Proverb
"Don't rent space to anyone in your head." --Anon.
I trust and believe God wants good things for me. --Shelley
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.
It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
--Melody Beattie
When we look around us with eyes of faith, we may see paradise. --Scott Sawyer
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Father Leo's Daily Meditation
ENVIRONMENT
"Love your neighbor as thyself,
but choose your neighbor."
-- Louise Beal
Part of my recovery and sobriety involves change. It is not enough to
"put down the jug" to gain sobriety; I need to make substantial
changes in my life.
Where I live, with whom I live, the friends I keep and the relationships
I make are crucial to my sobriety. Human beings imitate. They imitate
clothes, hairstyles and mannerisms. Sobriety is also imitated.
As a recovering alcoholic, I can only be spiritually happy with those
who are joyous and free; I need to find them.
God, You are to be found in Your creation. Let me seek You in a noble
lifestyle.
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"For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down themiddle wall of separation." Ephesians 2:14
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in His throne.
Revelation 3:21
"My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power." I Corinthians 2:4
"Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us." Psalm 62:8
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Daily Inspiration
When you feel down, look up. Lord, at all times and in the midst of all that is happening, You are there comforting, healing, and bringing peace to my life.
Know that you can do even if things are not always easy. Lord, in You I have the support of an unlimited power source and can accomplish great things because You strengthen me.
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Each Day a New Beginning (Women)
Food for Thought
Language of Letting Go
Today's Gift
Touchstones (Men)
Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Walk In Dry Places