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> From: NewParadigmFund@aol.com
> Date: January 3, 2011 11:25:14 AM EST
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Monday, January 3, 2011
>

> Subj: Today, Monday, January 3, 2011
>
> January 3: See the “Light”......or feel the “Heat”
> 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
>
> When I came into A.A., I learned what an alcoholic was and then I
> applied this knowledge to myself to see if I was an alcoholic. When
> I was convinced that I was an alcoholic, I admitted it openly. Since
> then, have I been learning to live accordingly? Have I read the book
> Alcoholics Anonymous? Have I applied the knowledge gained to myself
> Have I admitted openly that I am an alcoholic? Am I ready to admit
> it at any time when I can be of help?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> I will be renewed. I will be remade. In this, I need God's help. His
> spirit shall flow through me and, in flowing through me, it shall
> sweep away all the bitter past. I will take heart. The way will open
> for me. Each day will unfold something good, as long as I am trying
> to live the way I believe God wants me to live.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may be taught, just as a child would be taught. I pray
> that I may never question God's plans, but accept them gladly.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
> _________________
>
> Coming Back to AA, Teachable
>
>
> by: Bill C.
>
> My last drink, (a five year one!!), brought me back to AA teachable.
> And I was finally willing to listen to the words of one of my former
> sponsors (an atheist herself with 40 years of sobriety now!), and
> she used to chide me that my confrontational ways were non-
> functional in the AA environment, and only served to isolate me. She
> used to tell me, (and others in the group), about how nuts (as in
> nuts & bolts) were manufactured:
>
> "Once the molten steel is poured into the nut mold and it cools, the
> nut that is turned out has molding ridges and flanges all over it.
> In other words, rough edges. So they put thousands of them at a time
> into a big, wire-mesh mixing barrel, and let them tumble around and
> bump up against each other until all the rough edges are knocked off
> and fall through the mesh to the floor".
>
> This, she said, was what we need also. We're all kind of "nuts" when
> we get here, and we certainly have some rough edges that need to be
> knocked off, and the big mixing barrel of AA will do that for us, if
> we just climb in and let it!! And any action on our part that tends
> to isolate us from the rest of the "nuts", keeps us from "bumping"
> into them, and consequently our "rough edges" never get smooth!! And
> you have to "smooth the edges" if you want to have a comfortable
> sobriety.
>
> Wonder how these people _get_ so damn smart??
>
> ----
>
> Bill C.
>
> Clearwater, Fl.
>
> bcotney@ij.net
>
> There are TWO ways in which change can occur!!
>
> You can either
>
> SEE THE LIGHT or FEEL THE HEAT!!
>
>
> Source: It’s amazing what you can find on the internet. I googled
> “AA”&“teachable” and found the story above at http://www.recoveryresources.org/athei
> st2.html.