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> Date: December 8, 2010 9:33:53 AM EST
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> Subj: Today, Wednesday, December 8, 2010
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> December 8: What is the quality of my sobriety?
> 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
>
> The length of time of our sobriety is not as important as its
> quality. A person who has been in A.A. for a number of years may not
> be in as good mental condition as a person who has only been in a
> few months. It is a great satisfaction to have been an A.A. member
> for a long time and we often mention it. It may sometimes help the
> newer members, because they may say to themselves, "If they can do
> it, I can do it." And yet the older members must realize that as
> long as they live, they are only one drink away from a drunk. What
> is the quality of my sobriety?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> "And greater works than this shall ye do." We can do greater works
> when we have more experience of the new way of life. We can have all
> the power we need from the Unseen God. We can have His grace, His
> spirit, to make us effective as we go along each day. Opportunities
> for a better world are all around us. Greater works can we do. But
> we do not work alone. The power of God is behind all good works.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may find a rightful place in the world. I pray that my
> work may be made more effective by the grace 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. 169 from As Bill Sees It : “Learning N
> ever Ends”
>
> My experience as an old-timer has to some degree paralleled
> your own & that of many others. We all find that the time comes when
> we are not allowed to manage & conduct the functional affairs of
> groups, areas, or, in my case, A.A. as a whole. In the end we can
> only be worth as much as our spiritual example has justified. To
> that extent, we become useful symbols - & that is just about it.
>
> letter 1964
>
> I have become a pupil of the A.A. movement rather than the teacher I
> once thought I was.
>
> letter 1949
>
> 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