AA Thoughts For Today - June

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AA Thought for the Day

June 23

Profound Personality Change

"It has often been said of A.A. that we are interested only in alcoholism.
That is not true. We have to get over drinking in order to stay alive. But
anyone who knows the alcoholic personality by firsthand contact knows
that no true alky ever stops drinking permanently without undergoing a
profound personality change."
- As Bill Sees It, (Letter, 1940) No. 1

Thought to Ponder . . .
If I don't change, my sobriety date will.

AA-related 'Alconym'
A C T = Action Changes Things.

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

Obedience
"We of AA obey spiritual principles,
at first because we must,
then because we ought to,
and ultimately because we love the kind of life
such obedience brings.
Great suffering and great love
are AA's disciplinarians;
we need no others."
1967AAWS, As Bill Sees It, p. 27

Thought to Consider . . .
The spiritual approach to recovery
is not about relinquishing responsibility for our lives
to some Cosmic Butler.

*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
H A L T = Hope, Acceptance, Love, Tolerance

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

Before
From "The Family Afterward":
"This painful past may be of infinite value to other families still struggling with their problem. We think each family which
has been relieved owes something to those who have not, and when the occasion requires, each member of it should
be only too willing to bring former mistakes, no matter how grievous out of their hiding places. Showing others who
suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now. Cling to the thought
that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have the key to life and happiness for others. With it
you can avert death and misery for them."
2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 124

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

"I am still amazed at the aura around AA meetings ... No matter what our immediate problems, fears, or resentments,
we come to a halt when the meeting begins and focus on our primary purpose."
Pittsburgh, Penn., September 1991
"A Beacon in the Dark"
The Home Group: Heartbeat of AA

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

"It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to
futility and unhappiness. To the precise extent that we permit
these, do we squander the hours that might have been worth while."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 66

"When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could
not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that
either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is or He isn't."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 53~

"There may be some wrongs we can never fully right. We don't worry about them if
we can honestly say to ourselves that we would right them if we could."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg 83

“During this process of learning more about humility, the most profound result of all was the changein our attitude toward God.”
-Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p. 75 (Step Seven)

Misc. AA Literature - Quote

Mine was exactly the kind of deep-seated block we so often see today in new people who say they are atheistic or agnostic. Their will to disbelieve is so powerful that apparently they prefer a date with the undertaker to an open-minded and experimental quest for God.
Happily for me, and for most of my kind who have since come along in A.A., the constructive forces brought to bear in our Fellowship have nearly always overcome this colossal obstinacy. Beaten into complete defeat by alcohol, confronted by the living proof of release, and surrounded by those who can speak to us from the heart, we have finally surrendered.
And then, paradoxically, we have found ourselves in a new dimension, the real world of spirit and faith. Enough willingness, enough open-mindedness--and there it is!

Prayer for the Day: God, direct my thinking today so that it be empty of self pity, dishonesty, self-will, self-seeking and fear. God, inspire my thinking, decisions and intuitions. Help me to relax and take it easy. Free me from doubt and indecision. Guide me through this day and show me my next step. God, show me what I need to do to take care of any problems. I ask all these things that I may be of maximum service to you and my fellow man. In the spirit of the Steps I pray. AMEN