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> From: NewParadigmFund@aol.com
> Date: May 13, 2011 11:18:39 AM EDT
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Friday, May 13, 2011
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> Subj: Today, Friday, May 13, 2011
> May 13:
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> This is May, the 5th month of the year;
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> The 5thTradition: Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
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> The 5th Step: Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
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> The 5th Promise: No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
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> May 13–eye opener: not drinking is a matter of choice.
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> A.A. Thought for the Day
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> When we come into A.A., looking for a way out of drinking, we really need a lot more than that. We need fellowship. We need to get the things that are troubling us out into the open. We need a new outlet for our energies and we need a new strength beyond ourselves that will help us face life instead of running away from it. In A.A. we find these things that we need. Have I found the things that I need?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> Turn out all thoughts of doubt and fear and resentment. Never tolerate them if you can help it. Bar the windows and doors of your mind against them, as you would bar your home against a thief who would steal in to take away your treasures. What greater treasures can you have than faith and courage and love? All these are stolen from you by doubt and fear and resentment. Face each day with peace and hope. They are results of true faith in God. Faith gives you a feeling of protection and safety that you can get in no other way.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that I may feel protected and safe, but not only when I am in the harbor. I pray that I may have protection and safety even in the midst of the storms of life.
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> 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. I get the text from the following website: http://www.anonymityone.com/h24/0403EN.htm Note 4 numbers after "h24/": the first two are the day of the month and the second two are the month. Example: To get daily reading for December 21st, you would change the URL to http://www.anonymityone.com/h24/2112EN.htm
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> Eye Opener
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> Life is to a very great extent a matter of choice. It is true we do not choose our parents, our birthdays or the day on which we die but that is about all.
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> It therefore follows we are largely what we choose to be. We made a very radical change in our lives when we chose not to drink and what further gains we make in life will be, likewise, of our own choosing.
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> From: Eye Opener, Hazelden Foundation, Center City, MN 55012; printed in the USA. Publishers acknowledge generosity of T.W.R.
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> We drink when opportunity and our desire collaborate. Pray that when we have the desire, we don’t have the opportunity, and when we have the opportunity, that we don’t have the desire.
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> Happy moments, praise God.
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> Difficult moments, seek God.
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> Quiet moments, worship God.
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> Painful moments, trust God.
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> Every moment, thank God.
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> =3