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> From: NewParadigmFund@aol.com
> Date: December 2, 2010 9:42:22 AM EST
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Thursday, December 2, 2010
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> Subj: Today, Thursday, December 2, 2010
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> December 2–thinking that leads to a slip; substituting sweets for al
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> 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.
>
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> Thought for the Day
> The thoughts that come before having a slip seem to be partly
> subconscious. And yet it is likely that at least part of these
> thoughts get into our consciousness. An idle thought connected with
> drinking casually pops into our mind. That is the crucial
> moment. Will I harbor that thought even for one minute or will I
> banish it from my mind at once? If I let it stay, it may develop
> into a daydream. I may begin to see a cool glass of beer or a
> Manhattan cocktail in my mind’s eye. If I allow the daydream to sta
> y in my mind, it may lead to a decision, however unconscious, to tak
> e a drink. Then I am headed for a slip. Do I let myself daydream?
>
> Meditation for the Day
> Many of us have a sort of vision of the kind of person God wants us
> to be. We must be true to that vision, whatever it is, and we must
> try to live up to it, by living the way we believe we should live.
> We can all believe that God has a vision of what He wants us to
> be like. In all people there is a good person whom God sees in us,
> the person we could be and that God would like us to be. But many a
> person fails to fulfill that promise and God’s disappointments must
> be many.
>
> Prayer for the Day
> I pray that I may strive to be the kind of a person that God would
> have me be. I pray that I may try to fulfill God’s vision of what I
> could be.
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> MYTH: Craving for alcohol can be offset by eating high sugar foods.
> REALITY: Foods with a high sugar content will increase the alcoholic
> ’s depression, irritability, and tension and intensify his desire fo
> r a drink to relieve these symptoms.