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> September 13--Has A.A. taught me to be truly democratic?
> This is September, the 9th month of the year;
> • The 9th Tradition: A.A., as such, ought never be organized;
> but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible
> to those they serve.
> • The 9th Step: Made direct amends to such people wherever
> possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
> • The 9th Promise: Our whole attitude and outlook upon life w
> ill change.
> ______________________
>
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> "No one is too discredited, nor has sunk too low, to be welcomed
> cordially into A.A., if he or she means business. Social
> distinctions, petty rivalries and jealousies are laughed out of
> countenance. Being wrecked in the same vessel, being restored and
> united under one God, with hearts and minds attuned to the welfare
> of others, the things that matter so much to some people no longer
> signify much to us. In A.A. we have true democracy and true
> brotherhood." Has A.A. taught me to be truly democratic?
> Meditation for the Day
>
> When you call on God in prayer to help you overcome weakness,
> sorrow, pain, discord, and conflict, God never fails in some way to
> answer the appeal. When you are in need of strength for yourself or
> for the help of some other person, call on God in prayer. The power
> you need will come simply, naturally, and forcefully. Pray to God
> not only when you need help, but also just to commune with Him. The
> spirit of prayer can alter an atmosphere from one of discord to one
> of reconciliation. It will raise the quality of thought and word and
> bring order out of chaos.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may bring peace where there is discord. I pray that
> I may bring conciliation where there is conflict.
>
> Source: Twenty-Four Hours a Day, Richmond Walker, Copyright © 1975,
> Hazeldon Foundation, printed in the USA. Editor’s note: This book
> was compiled by Richmond Walker (1892–1965) of the Group at Daytona
> Beach, Florida.
>
> _________________
>
> The following is Excerpt No. 66 from As Bill Sees It : “For Emerge
> ncies Only?”
> Whether we had been believers or unbelievers, we began to
> get over the idea that the Higher Power was a sort of bush-league
> pinch hitter, to be called upon only in an emergency.
>
> The notion that we would still live our own lives, God
> helping a little now & then, began to evaporate. Many of us who had
> thought ourselves religious awoke to the limitations of this
> attitude. Refusing to place God first, we had deprived ourselves of
> His help.
>
> But now the words "Of myself I am nothing, the Father doeth
> the works" began to carry bright promise & meaning.
> Twelve & Twelve p-75
>
> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by
> Alcoholics Anonymous ® World Services, Inc., 475 Riverside Drive, N
> ew York, NY 10115