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> Date: December 6, 2010 11:22:17 AM EST
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, December 6, 2010
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> Subj: Today, December 6, 2010
>
> December 6–steps to avoid temptation, deal with it, meditations, sur
> vival
> This is December, the 12th month of the year;
> • The 12th Tradition reads: Anonymity is the spiritual founda
> tion of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles be
> fore personalities.
> • The 12th Step: Having had a spiritual awakening as the resu
> lt of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and
> to practice these principles in all our affairs.
> • The 12th Promise: We will suddenly realize that God is doin
> g for us what we could not do for ourselves.
> _________
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> People who have had a slip are ashamed of themselves-sometimes so
> ashamed that they fear to go back to A.A. They develop the old
> inferiority complex and tell themselves that they are no good, that
> they have let down their friends in A.A., that they are hopeless,
> and that they can never make it. This state of mind is perhaps
> worse than it was originally. They have probably been somewhat
> weakened by their slip. But their A.A. training cannot ever be
> entirely lost. They always know they can go back if they want to.
> They know there is still God's help for them if they will again
> ask for it. Do I believe that I can never entirely lose what I
> have learned in A.A.?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> Nobody entirely escapes temptation. You must expect it and be ready
> for it when it comes. None of us is entirely safe. You must try to
> keep your defenses up by daily thought and prayer. That is why we
> have these daily meditations. You must be able to recognize
> temptation when it comes. The first step toward conquering
> temptation always is to see it clearly as temptation and not to
> harbor it in your mind. Dissociate yourself from it, put it out of
> your mind as soon as it appears. Do not think of excuses for
> yielding to it. Turn at once to the Higher Power for help.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may be prepared for whatever temptation may come to
> me. I pray that I may see it clearly and avoid it with the help of
> God.
>
> 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.
> _________________
> The following is Excerpt No. 188 from As Bill Sees It : “To Survive
> Trials”
>
> In our belief, any scheme of combating alcoholism which
> proposes wholly to shield the sick man from temptation is doomed to
> failure. If the alcoholic tries to shield himself he may succeed for
> a time, but he usually winds up with a bigger explosion than ever.
> We have tried these methods. These attempts to do the impossible
> have always failed. Release from alcohol, & not flight from it, is
> our answer.
>
> Alcoholics Anonymous p-101
>
> Faith without works is dead. How appallingly true for the
> alcoholic! For if an alcoholic fails to perfect & enlarge his
> spiritual life through work & self sacrifice for others, he cannot
> survive the certain trials & low spots ahead. If he drinks, he will
> surely die. Then faith will be dead indeed.
>
> Alcoholics Anonymous p-14/15
>
> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by
> Alcoholics Anonymous ®
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