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> Date: November 4, 2011 8:42:11 AM EDT
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> Subject: November 4
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> November 4
> This is November, the 11th month of the year;
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> • The 11th Tradition reads: Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.
> • The 11th Step: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
> • The 11th Promise: We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.
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> A.A. Thought for the Day
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> I can do things that I never did before. liquor took away my initiative and my ambition. I couldn't get up the steam to start anything. I let things slide. When I was drunk, I was too inert to even comb my hair. Now I can sit down and do something. I can write letters that need to be written. I can make telephone calls that should be made. I can work in my garden. I can pursue my hobbies. I have the urge to create something, that creative urge that was completely stifled by alcohol. I am free to achieve again. Have I recovered my initiative?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> "In Thy presence is fullness of joy. At Thy right hand are pleasures forever." We cannot find true happiness by looking for it. Seeking pleasure does not bring happiness in the long run, only disillusionment. Do not seek to have this fullness of joy by seeking pleasure. It cannot be done that way. Happiness is a by-product of living the right kind of life. True happiness comes as a result of living in all respects the way you believe God wants you to live, with regard to yourself and to other people.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that I may not always seek pleasure as a goal. I pray that I may be content with the happiness that comes when I do the right thing.
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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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> The following is Excerpt No. 306 from As Bill Sees It : “Is Happiness the Goal?”
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> I do not think happiness or unhappiness is the point. How do we meet the problems we face? How do we best learn from them & transmit what we have learned to others, if they would receive the knowledge?
> In my view, we of this world are pupils in a great school of life. It is intended that we try to grow, & that we try to help our fellow travelers to grow in the kind of love that makes no demands. In short, we try to move toward the image & likeness of God as we understand Him.
> When pain comes, we are expected to learn from it willingly, & help others to learn. When happiness comes, we accept it as a gift, & thank God for it.
> letter 1950
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> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by Alcoholics Anonymous ® World Services, Inc., 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115 =2