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> Date: February 14, 2011 11:45:24 AM EST
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Monday, February 14, 2011
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> Subj: Today, Monday, February 14, 2011
>
> February 14: After that first drink, we had a single track mind. It
> was like a railroad train.
>
>
> 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
>
> After that first drink, we had a single track mind. It was like a
> railroad train. The first drink started it off and it kept going on
> the single track until it got to the end of the line, drunkenness.
> We alcoholics knew this was the inevitable result when we took the
> first drink, but still we couldn't keep away from liquor. Our
> willpower was gone. We had become helpless and hopeless before the
> power of alcohol. It's not the second drink or the tenth drink that
> does the damage. It's the first drink. Will I ever take that first
> drink again?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> I must keep a time apart with God every day. Gradually I will be
> transformed mentally and spiritually. It is not the praying so much
> as just being in God's presence. The strengthening and curative
> powers of this I cannot understand, because such knowledge is beyond
> human understanding, but I can experience them. The poor, sick world
> would be cured if every day each soul waited before God for the
> inspiration to live aright. My greatest spiritual growth occurs in
> this time apart with God.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may faithfully keep a quiet time apart with God. I
> pray that I may grow spiritually each day
>
> 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. 10 from As Bill Sees It : “Out of the
> Dark”
>
> Self-searching is the means by which we bring new vision,
> action, & grace to bear upon the dark & negative side of our
> natures. With it comes the development of that kind of humility
> that makes it possible for us to receive Gods help. Yet it is only a
> step. We will want to go further.
>
> We will want the good that is in us all, even in the worst
> of us, to flower & to grow. But first of all we shall want sunlight;
> nothing much can grow in the dark. Meditation is our step out
> into the sun.
>
> Twelve & Twelve p-98
>
> A clear light seems to fall upon us all - when we open our
> eyes. Since our blindness is caused by our own defects, we must
> first deeply realize what they are. Constructive meditation is
> the first requirement for each new step in our spiritual growth.
>
> letter 1946
>
> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by
> Alcoholics Anonymous ®
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