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> From: NewParadigmFund@aol.com
> Date: January 20, 2011 9:21:58 AM EST
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Thursday, January 20, 2011
>

> Subj: Today, Thursday, January 20, 2011
>
> January 20: When we were drinking, we were only half alive. Now
> that we’re trying to live decent, honest, unselfish lives, we’re
> really alive.
>
> 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.
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>
> Thought for the Day
> In A.A. we’re all through with lying, hangovers, remorse, and wastin
> g money. When we were drinking, we were only half alive. Now that
> we’re trying to live decent, honest, unselfish lives, we’re
> really alive. Life has a new meaning for us, so that we can really
> enjoy it. We feel that we’re some use in the world. We’re on
> the right side of the fence, instead of on the wrong side. We can l
> ook the world in the face instead of hiding in alleys. We come into
> A.A. to learn a new way of living. Am I convinced that no matter h
> ow much fun I got out of drinking, that life never was as good as th
> e life I can build in A.A.?
>
> Meditation for the Day
> I want to be at one with the Divine Spirit of the universe. I will
> set my deepest affections on things spiritual, not on things
> material. As we think, so we are. So I will think of and desire
> that which will help, not hinder, my spiritual growth. I will try
> to be at one with God. No human aspiration can reach higher than
> this.
>
> Prayer for the Day
> I pray that I may think love, and love will surround me. I pray
> that I may think health, and health will come to me.
>
> 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 read
> ing for December 21st, you would change the URL to http://www.anonymityone.com/h24/2112EN.htm
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> MYTH: Psychotherapy can help many alcoholics achieve sobriety
> through self-understanding.
> REALITY: Psychotherapy diverts attention from the physical causes of
> the disease, compounds the alcoholic’s guilt and shame, and aggravat
> es rather than alleviates his problems.
>
> From: Under the Influence, A Guide to the Myths and Realities of
> Alcoholism, Milam, Ph.D., James R. and Katherine Ketcham, Bantam
> Books, published by arrangement with Madrona Publishers, Inc.,
> Seattle,1983; page 14.
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