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> Date: January 25, 2011 10:43:56 AM EST
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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> Subj: Today, Tuesday, January 25, 2011
>
> January 25: For us alcoholics, it got so that we depended on
> drinking for almost everything. Have I gotten over that dependence
> on drinking?
> This is January, the 1st month of the year;
> • The 1st Tradition: Our common welfare should come first; p
> ersonal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.
> • The 1st Step: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--
> that our lives had become unmanageable.
> • The 1st Promise: If we are painstaking about this phase [S
> teps 8 & 9] of our development, we will be amazed before we are half
> way through.
> __________________
>
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> We used to depend on drinking for a lot of things. We depended on
> drinking to help us enjoy things. It gave us a "kick." It broke down
> our shyness and helped us to have a "good time." We depended on
> drinking to help us when we felt low physically. If we had a
> toothache or just a hangover, we felt better after a few drinks. We
> depended on drinking to help us when we felt low mentally. If we’d h
> ad a tough day at work or if we'd had a fight with our loved one, or
> if things just seemed against us, we felt better under the influenc
> e of alcohol. For us alcoholics, it got so that we depended on drink
> ing for almost everything. Have I gotten over that dependence on dri
> nking?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> I believe that complete surrender of my life to God is the
> foundation of serenity. God has prepared for us many mansions. I do
> not look upon that promise as referring only to the afterlife. I do
> not look upon this life as something to be struggled through, in
> order to get the rewards of the next life. I believe that the
> Kingdom of God is within us and we can enjoy "eternal life” here and
> now.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may try to do God's will. I pray that such
> understanding, insight, and vision shall be mine as shall make my
> life eternal, here and now.
>
> 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.
>
> _________________
>
> The following is Excerpt No. 221 from As Bill Sees It : “God Will N
> ot Desert Us”
>
> Word comes to me that you are making a magnificent stand in
> adversity - this adversity being the state of your health. It gives
> me a chance to express my gratitude for your recovery in A.A. &
> especially for the demonstration of its principles you are now so
> inspiringly giving to us all.
>
> You will be glad to know that A.A.s have an almost unfailing
> record in this respect. This, I think, is because we are so aware
> that God will not desert us when the chips are down; indeed, He did
> not when we were drinking & so it should be with the remainder of
> life.
>
> Certainly, He does not plan to save us from all troubles &
> adversity. Nor, in the end, does He save us from so called death
> since this but an opening of a door into a new life, where we shall
> dwell among His many mansions. Touching these things I know you have
> a most confident faith.
>
> letter 1966
>
> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by
> Alcoholics Anonymous ®
>
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