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> Date: January 25, 2012 9:17:25 AM EST
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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> Subj: Today, Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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> January 25: For us alcoholics, it got so that we depended on drinking for almost everything. Have I gotten over that dependence on drinking?
> This is January, the 1st month of the year;
> • The 1st Tradition: Our common welfare should come first; personal 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 [Steps 8 & 9] of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through.
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> A.A. Thought for the Day
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> We used to depend on drinking for a lot of things. We depended on drinking to help us enjoy things. It gave us a "kick." It broke down our shyness and helped us to have a "good time." We depended on drinking to help us when we felt low physically. If we had a toothache or just a hangover, we felt better after a few drinks. We depended on drinking to help us when we felt low mentally. If we’d had a tough day at work or if we'd had a fight with our loved one, or if things just seemed against us, we felt better under the influence of alcohol. For us alcoholics, it got so that we depended on drinking for almost everything. Have I gotten over that dependence on drinking?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> I believe that complete surrender of my life to God is the foundation of serenity. God has prepared for us many mansions. I do not look upon that promise as referring only to the afterlife. I do not look upon this life as something to be struggled through, in order to get the rewards of the next life. I believe that the Kingdom of God is within us and we can enjoy "eternal life” here and now.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that I may try to do God's will. I pray that such understanding, insight, and vision shall be mine as shall make my life eternal, here and now.
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> 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.
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> The following is Excerpt No. 221 from As Bill Sees It : “God Will Not Desert Us”
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> Word comes to me that you are making a magnificent stand in adversity - this adversity being the state of your health. It gives me a chance to express my gratitude for your recovery in A.A. & especially for the demonstration of its principles you are now so inspiringly giving to us all.
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> You will be glad to know that A.A.s have an almost unfailing record in this respect. This, I think, is because we are so aware that God will not desert us when the chips are down; indeed, He did not when we were drinking & so it should be with the remainder of life.
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> Certainly, He does not plan to save us from all troubles & adversity. Nor, in the end, does He save us from so called death since this but an opening of a door into a new life, where we shall dwell among His many mansions. Touching these things I know you have a most confident faith.
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> letter 1966
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> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by Alcoholics Anonymous ®
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