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> Date: October 12, 2010 12:38:56 PM EDT
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Tuesday, Rock-tober 12, 2010
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> Subj: Today, Tuesday, Rock-tober 12, 2010
>
>
> October 12: Do I go in [the game] and carry the ball?
> This is October, the 10th month of the year;
> • The 10th Tradition reads: Alcoholics Anonymous has no opini
> on on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into
> public controversy.
> • The 10th Step: Continued to take personal inventory and whe
> n we were wrong promptly admitted it.
> • The 10th Promise: Fear of people and of economic insecuri
> ty will leave us.
> _________
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> Am I still on a "free ride" in A.A.? Am I all get and no give? Do I
> go to meetings and always sit in the back row and let the others do
> all the work? Do I think it's enough just because I'm sober and can
> rest on my laurels? If so, I haven't gone very far in the program,
> nor am I getting nearly enough of what it has to offer. I will be a
> weak member until I get in there and help carry the load. I must
> eventually get off the bench and get into the game. I'm not just a
> spectator; I'm supposed to be one of the team. Do I go in them and
> carry the ball?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> Try to be thankful for whatever vision you have. Try to perform, in
> the little things, faithful service to God and others. Do your small
> part every day in the spirit of service to God. Be a doer of God's
> word, not a hearer only. In your daily life try to keep faith with
> God. Every day brings a new opportunity to be of some use. Even when
> you are tempted to rest or let things go or to evade the issue, make
> it a habit to meet the issue squarely as a challenge and not to hold
> back.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may perform each task faithfully. I pray that I may
> meet each issue of life squarely and not hold back.
>
> 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. 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 read
> ing for December 21st, you would change the URL to http://www.anonymityone.com/h24/2112EN.htm
> ________________
> The following is Excerpt No. 62 from As Bill Sees It : “A Different
> Swinging Door”
>
> When a drunk shows up among us & says that he does not like
> the A.A.
> principles, people or service management, when he declares that he
> can do better elsewhere - we are not worried. We simply say, "Maybe
> your case really is different. Why don't you try something else?"
>
> If an A.A. member says he does not like his own group, we
> are not disturbed. We simply say, "Why don't you try another one? Or
> start one of your own?"
>
> To those who wish to secede from A.A. altogether, we extend
> a cheerful invitation to do just that. If they can do better by
> other means, we are glad. If after a trial they cannot do better, we
> know they face a choice: they can go mad or die or they can return
> to A.A. The decision is wholly theirs.( As a matter of fact, most of
> them do return to A.A.)
>
> 62 Twelve Concepts p-71/73
>
>
> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by
> Alcoholics Anonymous ®
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>