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> From: Dave Mastran <davemastran@gmail.com>
> Date: February 12, 2015 at 9:02:49 AM MST
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Thursday, February 12, 2015
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> February 12: Do I want to keep sober a lot more than I want to get drunk?
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> Nancy Baker–2/12/1998
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> This is February, the 2nd month of the year;
> • The 2nd Tradition: For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
> • The 2nd Step: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
> • The 2nd Promise: We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
> __________________
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> A.A. Thought for the Day
> As we look back on all those troubles we used to have when we were drinking, the hospitals, the jails, we wonder how we could have wanted that kind of a life. As we look back on it now, we see our drinking life as it really was and we're glad we're out of it. So after a few months in A.A., we find that we can honestly say that we want something else more than drinking. We've learned by experience that a sober life is really enjoyable and we wouldn't go back to the old drunken way of living for anything in the world. Do I want to keep sober a lot more than I want to get drunk?
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> Meditation for the Day
> My spiritual life depends on an inner consciousness of God. I must be led in all things by my consciousness of God and I must trust Him in all things. My consciousness of God will always bring peace to me. I will have no fear, because a good future lies before me as long as I keep my consciousness of God. if in every single happening, event, and plan I am conscious of God, then no matter what happens, I will be safe in God's hands.
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> Prayer for the Day
> I pray that I may always have this consciousness of God. I pray for a new and better life through this God consciousness.
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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. 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 reading for December 21st, you would change the URL to http://www.anonymityone.com/h24/2112EN.htm
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> The following is Excerpt No. 128 from As Bill Sees It : “Back to Work”
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> It is possible for us to use the alleged dishonesty of other people as a plausible
> excuse for not meeting our own obligations.
> Once, some prejudiced friends exhorted me never to go back to Wall Street. They
> were sure that the rampant materialism & double dealing down there would stunt my
> spiritual growth. Because this sounded so high minded, I continued to stay away from
> the only business that I knew.
> When, finally, my household went broke, I realized I had not been able to face the
> prospect of going back to work. So I returned to Wall Street, & I have ever since been
> glad that I did. I needed to rediscover that there are many fine people in New York's
> financial district. Then, too, I needed the experience of staying sober in the very
> surroundings where alcohol had cut me down.
> A Wall Street business trip to Akron, Ohio, first brought me face to face with Dr.
> Bob. So the birth of A.A. hinged on my effort to meet my bread & butter
> responsibilities.
> Grapevine August 1961
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> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by Alcoholics Anonymous ® World Services, Inc., 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115
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