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> Date: October 27, 2010 11:21:31 AM EDT
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Wednesday, October 27, 2010
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> Subj: Today, Wednesday, October 27, 2010
>
> October 27: Will I give as much of my life as I can to A.A.? Or,[as
> Bill W. suggests] perhaps for a time, we can stay sober with a
> minimum of self-improvement & settle ourselves into a comfortable
> but often dangerous mediocrity.
> This is October, the 10th month of the year;
> • The 10th Tradition reads: Alcoholics Anonymous has no opini
> on on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into
> public controversy.
> • The 10th Step: Continued to take personal inventory and whe
> n we were wrong promptly admitted it.
> • The 10th Promise: Fear of people and of economic insecuri
> ty will leave us.
> _________
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> Seventh, I can help other alcoholics. I am of some use in the world.
> I have a purpose in life. I am worth something at last. My life has
> a direction and a meaning. All that feeling of futility is gone. I
> can do something worthwhile. God has given me a new lease on life so
> that I can help other alcoholics. He has let me live through all the
> hazards of my alcoholic life to bring me at last to a place of real
> usefulness in the world. He has let me live for this. This is my
> opportunity and my destiny. I am worth something! Will I give as
> much of my life as I can to A.A.?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> All of us have our own battle to win, the battle between the
> material view of life and the spiritual view., Something must
> guide our lives. Will it be wealth, pride, selfishness, and greed or
> will it be faith, honesty, purity, unselfishness, love, and service?
> Each one has a choice. We can choose good or evil. We cannot choose
> both. Are we going to keep striving until we win the battle? If we
> win the victory, we can believe that even God in His heaven will
> rejoice.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may choose the good and resist the evil. I pray that I
> will not be a loser in the battle for righteousness.
>
> 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. 327 from As Bill Sees It : “Three Choi
> ces”
>
> The immediate object of our quest is sobriety - freedom from
> alcohol & from all
> its baleful consequences. Without this freedom, we have nothing at
> all.
> Paradoxically, though, we can achieve no liberation from the
> alcohol obsession
> until we become willing to deal with those character defects which
> have landed us in
> that helpless condition. In this freedom quest, we are always given
> three choices.
> A rebellious refusal to work upon our glaring defects can be
> an almost certain
> ticket to destruction. Or, perhaps for a time, we can stay sober
> with a minimum of self-
> improvement & settle ourselves into a comfortable but often
> dangerous mediocrity.
> Or, finally, we can continuously try hard for those sterling
> qualities that can add up to
> fineness of spirit & action - true & lasting freedom under God.
> Grapevine November 1960
>
>
> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by
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