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> Date: May 7, 2013 10:15:12 AM EDT
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> Subj: Today, Tuesday, May 7, 2013
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> May 7: There's no other group like A.A. in the world. Am I grateful?
> This is May, the 5th month of the year;
> • The 5thTradition: Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
> • The 5th Step: Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
> • The 5th Promise: No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
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> A.A. Thought for the Day
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> It's very important to keep in a grateful frame of mind, if we want to stay sober. We should be grateful that we're living in a day and age when alcoholics aren't treated as they often used to be treated before Alcoholics Anonymous was started. In the old days, every town had its town drunk who was regarded with scorn and ridiculed by the rest of the townspeople. We have come into A.A. and found all the sympathy, understanding, and fellowship that we could ask for. There's no other group like A.A. in the world. Am I grateful?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> God takes our efforts for good and blesses them. God needs our efforts. We need God's blessing. Together, they mean spiritual success. Our efforts are necessary. We cannot merely relax and drift with the tide. We must often direct our efforts against the tide of materialism around us. When difficulties come, our efforts are needed to surmount them. But God directs our efforts into the right channels and God's power is necessary to help us choose the right.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that I may choose the right. I pray that I may have God's blessing and direction in all my efforts for good.
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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.
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> Eye Opener:
> We often wonder at the co-operation given us by non-alcoholics wherever AA takes root. A lot of it probably results from a high sense of public spirit: some lend their support because they have no valid reason for opposition; some because of admiration of the fact that we are one organization that hasn’t got its hand out continually.
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> From: Eye Opener, Hazelden Foundation, Center City, MN 55012; printed in the USA. Publishers acknowledge generosity of T.W.R.
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> We drink when opportunity and our desire collaborate. Pray that when we have the desire, we don’t have the opportunity, and when we have the opportunity, that we don’t have the desire.
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> One way to initiate a feeling of gratitude is to simply look around us.
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> Often happiness calls but we are too busy to answer.
> --Ellen H.
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> In the pursuit of happiness many people are too busy to find that which they seek. Frequently the happiness we so passionately desire is found in little events that are but whispered. If we don't pay attention, we miss them.
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> There can be happiness in the way light falls through the trees. There can be happiness in the way our children call for us by name or in the familiar sight of our home as we round the corner two blocks away. Happiness weaves its way through precious memories and keepsakes that have no monetary value but are priceless to us. Many take enormous delight in the presence of a beloved pet, just the way it looks at us or the unconditional love it pours out upon us. For some, there is genuine delight in the taste of a specially loved food.
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> We are surrounded by that which can be meaningful and full of delight. The question is, will we be still and quiet long enough to enjoy it?
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> Recovery unveils many beauties that were hidden from me before. I am amazed at the loveliness that surrounds me.
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