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AA Thought for the Day

August 4

Change
The essence of all growth is a willingness to change for the better
and then an unremitting willingness
to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails.
- As Bill Sees It, p. 115

Thought to Ponder . . .
In order to change the way I feel, I need to change the way I act.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
F E E L = Feel, Experience, Express, Let go.

~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~

Resentment
"If you have a resentment you want to be rid of,
if you will pray for the person or the thing you resent,
you will be free.
If you will ask in prayer for everything
you want for yourself to be given to them,
you will be free.
Ask for their health, their prosperity, their happiness,
and you will be free.
Even when you don't really want it for them,
and your prayers are only words
and you don't mean it, go ahead and do it anyway.
Do it every day for two weeks and you will find
you have come to mean it and to want it for them,
and you will realize that where you used to feel
bitterness and resentment and hatred,
you now feel compassionate understanding
and love."
1952AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 552

Thought to Consider . . .
An expectation is a premeditated resentment.

*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
F E A R = Frustration, Ego, Anxiety, Resentment

*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*

No Control Whatever
From: "More About Alcoholism"
A man of thirty was doing a great deal of spree drinking. He was very nervous in the morning after these bouts and quieted himself with more liquor. He was ambitious to succeed in business, but saw that he would get nowhere if he drank at all. Once he started, he had no control whatever. He made up his mind that until he had been successful in business and had retired, he would not touch another drop. An exceptional man, he remained bone dry for twenty-five years and retired at the age of fifty-five, after a successful and happy business career. Then he fell victim to a belief which practically every alcoholic has - that his long period of sobriety and self-discipline had qualified him to drink as other men. Out came his carpet slippers and a bottle. In two months he was in a hospital, puzzled and humiliated. He tried to regulate his drinking for a while, making several trips to the hospital meantime. Then, gathering all his forces, he attempted to stop altogether and found he could not. Every means of solving his problem which money could buy was at his disposal. Every attempt failed. Though a robust man at retirement, he went to pieces quickly and was dead within four years
2001, AAWS, Inc., Alcoholics Anonymous, pages 32-33

*~*~*~*~*^ Grapevine Quote ^*~*~*~*~*

"We are privileged to communicate with each other to a degree and in a manner not very often surpassed among our nonalcoholic friends in the world around us."
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., October 1959
"AA Communication Can Cross All Boundaries"
The Language of the Heart

*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book & Twelve N' Twelve Quotes of the Day ^*~*~*~*~*

"We needed to ask ourselves but one short question. 'Do I now
believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power
greater than myself?' As soon as a man can say that he does believe,
or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him that he is on
his way. It has been repeatedly proven among us that upon this
simple cornerstone a wonderfully effective spiritual structure can be
built."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 47

"Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step
of which is a personal housecleaning, which many of us had never
attempted. Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it
could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a
strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves
which had been blocking us. Our liquor was but a symptom. So we had
to get down to causes and conditions.
Therefore, we started upon a personal inventory. This was Step Four."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 63~

"This thought brings us to Step Ten, which suggests we continue to take personal inventory and continue to set right any new mistakes as we go along."
-Alcoholics Anonymous p. 84 (Into Action)

"Living upon a basis of unsatisfied demands, we were in a state of continual disturbance and frustration."
-Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p. 76 (Step Seven)

Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, as my behavior propels me to continue to move, allow me to move forward and up.

08-04-2013, 04:49 PM	#4
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 70,825	AA Thought for the Day August 4 Change The essence of all growth is a willingness to change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails. - As Bill Sees It, p. 115 Thought to Ponder . . . In order to change the way I feel, I need to change the way I act. AA-related 'Alconym' . . . F E E L = Feel, Experience, Express, Let go. *~~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~~* Resentment "If you have a resentment you want to be rid of, if you will pray for the person or the thing you resent, you will be free. If you will ask in prayer for everything you want for yourself to be given to them, you will be free. Ask for their health, their prosperity, their happiness, and you will be free. Even when you don't really want it for them, and your prayers are only words and you don't mean it, go ahead and do it anyway. Do it every day for two weeks and you will find you have come to mean it and to want it for them, and you will realize that where you used to feel bitterness and resentment and hatred, you now feel compassionate understanding and love." 1952AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 552 Thought to Consider . . . An expectation is a premeditated resentment. ~~AACRONYMS~~ F E A R = Frustration, Ego, Anxiety, Resentment **~~~~^Just For Today!^~~~~ No Control Whatever From: "More About Alcoholism" A man of thirty was doing a great deal of spree drinking. He was very nervous in the morning after these bouts and quieted himself with more liquor. He was ambitious to succeed in business, but saw that he would get nowhere if he drank at all. Once he started, he had no control whatever. He made up his mind that until he had been successful in business and had retired, he would not touch another drop. An exceptional man, he remained bone dry for twenty-five years and retired at the age of fifty-five, after a successful and happy business career. Then he fell victim to a belief which practically every alcoholic has - that his long period of sobriety and self-discipline had qualified him to drink as other men. Out came his carpet slippers and a bottle. In two months he was in a hospital, puzzled and humiliated. He tried to regulate his drinking for a while, making several trips to the hospital meantime. Then, gathering all his forces, he attempted to stop altogether and found he could not. Every means of solving his problem which money could buy was at his disposal. Every attempt failed. Though a robust man at retirement, he went to pieces quickly and was dead within four years 2001, AAWS, Inc., Alcoholics Anonymous, pages 32-33 ~~~~^ Grapevine Quote ^~~~~ "We are privileged to communicate with each other to a degree and in a manner not very often surpassed among our nonalcoholic friends in the world around us." AA Co-Founder, Bill W., October 1959 "AA Communication Can Cross All Boundaries" The Language of the Heart ~~~~^ Big Book & Twelve N' Twelve Quotes of the Day ^~~~~ "We needed to ask ourselves but one short question. 'Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?' As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him that he is on his way. It has been repeatedly proven among us that upon this simple cornerstone a wonderfully effective spiritual structure can be built." Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 47 "Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step of which is a personal housecleaning, which many of us had never attempted. Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us. Our liquor was but a symptom. So we had to get down to causes and conditions. Therefore, we started upon a personal inventory. This was Step Four." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 63~ "This thought brings us to Step Ten, which suggests we continue to take personal inventory and continue to set right any new mistakes as we go along." -Alcoholics Anonymous p. 84 (Into Action) "Living upon a basis of unsatisfied demands, we were in a state of continual disturbance and frustration." -Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p. 76 (Step Seven) Prayer for the Day:** Higher Power, as my behavior propels me to continue to move, allow me to move forward and up.