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> Date: November 8, 2010 11:36:48 AM EST
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Monday, November 8, 2010
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> Subj: Today, Monday, November 8, 2010
>
> November 8: Have I lost my inferiority complex? My note: or,
> perhaps our superiority complex is masking our fear of being inferior.
> This is November, the 11th month of the year;
> • The 11th Tradition reads: Our public relations policy is ba
> sed on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain per
> sonal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.
> • The 11th Step: Sought through prayer and meditation to impr
> ove our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying onl
> y for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
> • The 11th Promise: We will intuitively know how to handle si
> tuations which used to baffle us.
> _________
>
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> I have lost much of my inferiority complex. I was always trying to
> escape from life. I did not want to face reality. I was full of self-
> pity. I was constantly sorry for myself. I tried to avoid all
> responsibilities. I did not feel that I would handle the
> responsibilities of my family or my work. Owing to my inferiority
> complex, I was eager to be free of all responsibilities. I wanted to
> drift; I wanted to be "on the beach." A.A. showed me how to get over
> my feeling of inferiority. It made me want to accept responsibility
> again. Have I lost my inferiority complex?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> "One thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and
> reaching forth unto those things that are before, I press onward
> toward the goal." We should forget those things which are behind us
> and press onward toward something better.. We can believe that God
> has forgiven us for all our past sins, provided we are honestly
> trying to live today the way we believe He wants us to live. We can
> wipe clean the slate of the past. We can start today with a clean
> slate and go forward with confidence toward the goal that has been
> set before us.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may drop off the load of the past. I pray that I may
> start today with a light heart and a new confidence.
>
> Source: Twenty-Four Hours a Day, Richmond Walker, Copyright © 197
> 5, Hazeldon Foundation, printed in the USA. Editor’s note: This bo
> ok was compiled by Richmond Walker (1892–1965) of the Group at Dayto
> na Beach, Florida.
> -------------------------
> The following is Excerpt No. 301 from As Bill Sees It : “To Rebuild
> Security”
>
> In our behavior respecting financial & emotional
> security, fear, greed, possessiveness, & pride have too often done
> their worse. Surveying his business or employment record, almost
> any alcoholic can ask questions like these: In addition to my
> drinking problem, what character defects contributed to my financial
> instability?
> Did fear & inferiority about my fitness for my job destroy
> my confidence & fill me with conflict? Or did I overvalue myself &
> play the big shot? Businesswomen in A.A. will find that these
> questions often apply to them too, & the alcoholic housewife can
> also make the family financially insecure. Indeed, all alcoholics
> need to cross-examine themselves ruthlessly to determine how their
> own personality defects have demolished their security.
>
> 301 Twelve & Twelve p-51/52
>
> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by
> Alcoholics Anonymous ®
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