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> Date: February 15, 2011 9:58:25 AM EST
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> Subj: Today, Tuesday, February 15, 2011
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> February 15: But step eleven [prayer, meditation & the guidance of
> God] can keep us growing, if we try hard & work at it continually.
>
> This is February, the 2nd month of the year;
> • The 2nd Tradition: For our group purpose there is but one
> ultimate authority—a loving God as He may express Himself in our gro
> up conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not gov
> ern.
> • The 2nd Step: Came to believe that a Power greater than ou
> rselves could restore us to sanity.
> • The 2nd Promise: We are going to know a new freedom and a n
> ew happiness.
> __________________
>
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> If alcoholism were just a physical allergy, like asthma or hay
> fever, it would be easy for us, by taking a skin test with alcohol,
> to find out whether or not we're alcoholics. But alcoholism is not
> just a physical allergy. It's also a mental allergy or obsession.
> After we've become alcoholics, we can still tolerate alcohol
> physically for quite a while, although we suffer a little more after
> each binge and each time it takes a little longer to get over the
> hangovers. Do I realize that since I have become an alcoholic, I
> cannot tolerate alcohol mentally at all?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> The world doesn't need super men or women, but supernatural people.
> People who will turn the self out of their lives and let Divine
> Power work through them. Let inspiration take the place of
> aspiration. Seek to grow spiritually, rather than to acquire fame
> and riches. Our chief ambition should be to be used by God. The
> Divine Force is sufficient for all the spiritual work in the world.
> God only needs the instruments for His use. His instruments can
> remake the world.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may be an instrument of the Divine Power. I pray that
> I may do my share in remaking the world.
>
> 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. 264 from As Bill Sees It : “The Step t
> hat Keeps Us Growing”
>
> Sometimes when friends tell us how well we are doing, we
> know better inside. We know we are not doing well enough. We still
> can not handle life, as life is. There must be a serious flaw
> somewhere in our spiritual practice & development.
> What, then is it?
> The chances are better than ever that we shall locate our
> trouble in our misunderstanding or neglect of A.A.s step eleven -
> prayer, meditation, & the guidance of God.
> The other steps can keep most of us sober & somehow
> functioning. But step eleven can keep us growing, if we try hard &
> work at it continually.
>
> Grapevine June 1958
>
> 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