AA Thoughts For Today - May

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AA Thought for the Day

May 2

Our Common Solution
I think it is extremely important to emphasize that I am an alcoholic,
and that in meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous we discuss the common solution to alcoholism that we share.
If I'm "an alcoholic and an addict" and you're "an alcoholic and a compulsive overeater"
and the person leading the meeting is "an alcoholic and a compulsive gambler," we begin to lose our commonality.
I become slightly different from you -- an attitude that I believe is potentially fatal.
- The Best of the Grapevine [Vol. 3], pp. 248-249

Thought to Ponder . . .
The solution is simple. The solution is spiritual.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A A = Always Aware.

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~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~

Humility
"I am still arrogant, self-righteous,
with no humility, even phony at times,
but I'm trying to be a better person
and help my fellowman.
Guess I'll never be a saint,
but whatever I am,
I want to be sober and in AA.
The word 'alcoholic' does not turn me off any more;
in fact, it is music to my ears
when it applies to me."
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 463

Thought to Consider . . .
"Many people haven't even a nodding acquaintance
with humility as a way of life."
Bill W., Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 70

*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
KISS
Keep It Simple, Surrender

*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*

Strong
>From "From Loneliness to Solitude":
"A.A. members are not emotional cripples who need someone to hold their hands every moment of the day and night to
prevent their falling. We grow up with the help of God, as we understand Him, and the fellowship of the group, and by
applying the Twelve Steps to our lives."
1973 AAWS, Inc.; Came to Believe, 30th printing 2004, pg. 109

*~*~*~*^ Grapevine Quote ^*~*~*~*

God has given me this day to use as I wish; Alcoholics Anonymous shows me how to live it without a drink."
Somerville, Mass., September 1995
"Changes for the Better,"
In Our Own Words

~*~*~*~*^ Big Book & Twelve N' Twelve Quotes of the Day ^*~*~*~*~*

"At a certain point in the drinking of every alcoholic, he passes
into a state where the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of
absolutely no avail. This tragic situation has already arrived in
practically every case long before it is suspected."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 24~

"When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, Page 64~

It is A.A.’s experience that particularly in these cases we ought to pray that God’s will, whatever it is, be done for others
as well as for ourselves.
-Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p. 104

Misc. AA Literature - Quote

Willingness Is the Key
No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can he turn his own will and his own life over to the care of
whatever God he thinks there is?
A beginning, even the smallest, is all that is needed. Once we have placed the key of willingness in the lock and have
the door ever so slightly open, we find that we can always open it some more.
Though self-will may slam it shut again, as it frequently does, it will always respond the moment we again pick up the
key of willingness. TWELVE AND TWELVE, P. 35

Prayer For The Day: Dear Father, thank you for the life you have given me. Thank you for giving me a family that is so understanding and supportive of me in everything I do.