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Re: Just For Today « Result #2 on Jul 12, 2005, 4:34am »
7/12 Growth
STEP SEVEN: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
"The chief activator of our defects has been self-centered fear -- primarily fear that we would lose something we already possessed or would fail to get something we demanded. Living upon a basis of unsatisfied demands, we were in a state of continual disturbance and frustration.... "The Seventh Step is where we make the change in our attitude which permits us, with humility as our guide, to move out from ourselves toward others and toward God."
c. 1952, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, page 76
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AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. "No matter what you have done to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy God says that each of us is worth loving. We stay sober together - one day at a time!
AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. "No matter what you have done to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy God says that each of us is worth loving. We stay sober together - one day at a time!
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Meditations - 7/12 « Result #5 on Jul 12, 2005, 4:24am »
Courage to Change ODAAT In Al-Anon II
Tradition Five talks about "encouraging and understanding our alcoholic relatives." This puzzled me at first. After all, doesn't Al-Anon teach us to focus on ourselves? It seemed to be a contradiction. Maybe the reason for my confusion is that I tended to think in extremes. Either I focused on myself and separated myself completed from the lives of others, or I wrapped myself around those others until I lost myself. Al-Anon helps me to come back to the center. I can focus on myself and still be a loving, caring person. I can have compassion for loved ones who suffer from the disease of alcoholism, or its effects, without losing my sense of self. Encouraging and being kind to others is one way of being good to myself, and I don't have to sacrifice myself in the process.
Today's Reminder I am learning how to have saner and more loving relationships. Today I will offer support for those I love and still care of myself.
"If you would be loved, love and be lovable." Benjamin Franklin
One Day At A Time in Al-Anon
Suppose I decided I want to concentrate on the First Step, shutting out of my mind all other thoughts for just a few minutes. How would I translate it into different words that would impress its meaning on me and guide my attitudes? "Powerless over alcohol" also says to me: "If I am powerless over it, why do I keep trying to exert my power over another person's drinking?" It means also: "Let go of your clutching hold on the problem. Let go and let the Divine Power, which works in all things, work in this, too." If I am powerless over alcohol, my only reasonable course is to Live and Let Live--to learn to live my own life fully and to let others live theirs. Or, more simply, to mind my own business.
Today's Reminder Right now, today, I will lighten my burden by dropping that part of it which does not belong to me. Today I will look more closely at my thoughts and impulses, and take only such action as is required of me.
"Keep thyself first in peace and then thou wilt be able to bring others to peace. Have, therefore, a zeal in the first place over theyself. . ." (Thomas A'Kempis)
HOPE FOR TODAY IN AL-ANON 7/12
Thanks to Al-Anon's emphasis on self-awareness, not I know I've lived in fear most of my life. When I took Step Four, I saw my willfulness and how that quality related to my fear. The more scared I was, the more I tried to control. Fear reared its ugly head particularly in my belief that I wasn't good enough or smart enough to have joyful, trusting, and intimate relationships. Instead of allowing myself to connect with others, I would often avoid them.
For example, once while out walking, I noticed a neighbor striding toward me on the other side of the street. My first inclination--that urging from my Higher Power--was to holler and wave, but I instantly disregarded that thought. She turned the corner, and an opportunity to try out a new behavior and initiate a connection with her was lost.
After my walk I felt uncomfortable. I looked at my options, decided to let it begin with me, and called my neighbor. I felt as if I grew up little bit by choosing to talk with her rather than to keep silent. I also felt good about taking the risk to move toward intimacy with another human being.
I'm beginning to recognize more occasions in which my choice to isolate hinders me from the opportunity to build healthy relationships. My Higher Power and my growing awareness of this character defeat will surely help me develop the receptive, willing trustfulness needed to open up to others and allow them into my life.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
I'm willing to learn new ways of relating to the world as I let go of my fear. I trust that my Higher Power is with me and within me.
"...My Higher Power is the confidence within me that makes me unafraid..."
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Twenty Four Hours A Day For Teens - 7/12 « Result #6 on Jul 12, 2005, 4:19am »
Twenty Four Hours A Day For Teens
July 12, 2005
AA Thought For The Day Today is ours. Let us live today as we believe God wants us to live. Each day will have a new pattern that we cannot foresee. But we can open each day with a quiet period in which we say a little prayer, asking God to help us through the day. Personal contact with God, as we understand him, will from day to day bring us nearer to an understanding of his will for us. At the close of the day, we offer him thanks for another day of sobriety. Am I asking God each day for strength and thanking him each night?
Meditation For The Day If I believe that God's grace has saved me, then I must believe that he is meaning to save me even more and to keep me in the way that I should go. God will complete the task he sets out to do.
Prayer For The Day I pray that I may trust God to keep me in the way.
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Daily Recovery Readings - 7/12 « Result #7 on Jul 12, 2005, 4:06am »
Daily Reflections
GIVING UP CENTER STAGE, p.202
For without some degree of humility, no alcoholic can stay sober at all. . . Without it, they cannot live to much useful purpose, or, in adversity, be able to summon the faith that can meet any emergency. 12 & 12, p.70
Why do I balk at the word "humility"? I am not humbling myself toward other people, but toward God, as I understand Him. Humbly means "to show submissive," and by being humble I realize I am not the center of the universe. When I was drinking, I was consumed by pride and self-centeredness. I felt the entire world revolved around me, that I was master of my destiny. Humility enables me to depend more on God to help me overcome obstacles, to help me with my own imperfections, so that I may grow spiritually. I must solve more difficult problems to increase my proficiency and, as I encounter life's stumbling blocks, I must learn to overcome them through God's help. Daily communion with God demonstrates my humility and provides me with the realization that an entity more powerful than I is willing to help me if I cease trying to play God myself.
Today is ours. Let us live today as we believe God wants us to live. Each day will have a new pattern which we cannot foresee. But we can open each day with a quiet period in which we say a little prayer, asking God to help us through the day. Personal contact with God, as we understand Him, will from day to day bring us nearer to an understanding of His will for us. At the close of the day, we offer Him thanks for another day of sobriety. A full, constructive day has been lived and we are grateful. Am I asking God each day for strength and thanking Him each night?
Meditation For The Day
If you believe that God's grace has saved you, then you must believe that He is meaning to save you yet more and keep you in the way that you should go. Even human rescuers would not save you from drowning only to place you in other deep and dangerous waters. Rather, they would place you on dry land, there to restore you. God, who is your rescuer, would certainly do this and even more. God will complete the task He sets out to do. He will not throw you overboard, if you are depending on Him.
Prayer For The Day
I pray that I may trust God to keep me in the way. I pray that I may rely on Him not to let me go.
"I went through several fruitless years in a state called 'viewing with alarm for the good of the movement.' I thought it was up to me to be always 'correcting conditions.' Seldom had anybody been able to tell me what I ought to do, and nobody had ever succeeded in effectively telling me what I must do. I had to learn the hard way out of my own experience.
"When setting out to 'check' others, I found myself often motivated by fear of what they were doing, self-righteousness, and even downright intolerance. Consequently, I seldom succeeded in correcting anything. I just raised barriers of resentment that cut off any suggestion, example, understanding, or love."
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"A.A.'s often say, 'Our leaders do not drive by mandate; they lead by example.' If we would favorably affect others, we ourselves need to practice what we preach--and forget the 'preaching,' too. The quiet good example speaks for itself."
The two friends spoke of their spiritual experience and told him about the course of action they carried out. He interrupted: “I used to be strong for the church, but that won’t fix it. I’ve prayed to God on hangover mornings and sworn that I’d never touch another drop but by nine o’clock I’d be boiled as an owl.” Next day found the prospect more receptive. He had been thinking it over. “Maybe you’re right,” he said. “God ought to be able to do anything.” Then he added, “He sure didn’t do much for me when I was trying to fight this booze racket alone.”
Tradition Six - "An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose."
Here are some of the things we dreamed. Hospitals didn't like alcoholics, so we thought we'd build a hospital chain of our own. People needed to be told what alcoholism was, so we'd educate the public, even rewrite school and medical textbooks. We'd gather up derelicts from skid rows, sort out those who could get well, and make it possible for the rest to earn their livelihood in a kind of quarantined confinement. Maybe these places would make large sums of money to carry on our other good works. We seriously thought of rewriting the laws of the land, and having it declared that alcoholics are sick people. No more would they be jailed; judges would parole them in our custody. We'd spill A.A. into the dark regions of dope addiction and criminality. We'd form groups of depressive and paranoid folks; the deeper the neurosis, the better we'd like it. It stood to reason that if alcoholism could be licked, so could any problem.
"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness." --Seneca
"If one asks for success and prepares for failure, he will get the situation he has prepared for." --Florence Shinn
Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed. --American Proverb
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. --Kahil Gibran
"When we surrender to God, we let go of our attachment to how things happen on the outside, and we become more concerned with what happens on the inside." --Marianne Williamson
Change your thoughts and you change your world. --Vincent Norman Peale *************************************************************
Father Leo's Daily Meditation
VIOLENCE
"Violence is counter-productive and produces changes of a sort you don't want. It is a very dangerous instrument and can destroy those who wield it." --John Gardner
I believed I wasn't violent when I drank but that is not true; I wasn't physically violent but I used emotional and mental violence. I did not hit, fight or mutilate people with my hands, but I could tear a person apart with my tongue. My sarcasm and criticism made people cry, feel demoralized and useless. Violence always removes the "dignity" from man -- and I did this with my mouth!
Today I try to practice tolerance and patience, I count to ten, and when I do lose my temper and hurt a person unfairly or unnecessarily, I apologize. In my sobriety the anger, hate and need to hurt is slowly going. I am progressively getting better a day at a time.
Teacher, let me offer the hand of peace, not the fist of violence. ***********************************************************
"For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God." Ephesians 2:8
Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith. 1 Corinthians 16:13
"Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up..." Luke 18:1
"Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit." Ephesians 5:18
"My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word." Psalm 119:28
"Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word." Psalm 119:37
Today is for living and giving because God's presence is in each of us always. Lord, may I truly live a full life because I am aware that You are unceasingly blessing me.
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God's generosity can never be exceeded and, in the most unlikely ways and places, we always receive more than we give. Lord, may I always be a giving person with my time, my love and my blessings.
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Today's Thought - 7/12 « Result #8 on Jul 12, 2005, 3:31am »
You are reading from the book Today's Gift. We love the things we love for what they are. --Robert Frost Once there was a little girl who had a stuffed frog named Jeremy. Jeremy went everywhere with the girl--to imaginary picnics with her other dolls, to school, on trips, and, once, even into the bathtub! Every night, Jeremy slept cradled in her arms. Over time, Jeremy grew old and tattered. He had lost an eye, and he limped because the girl used to use one of his legs as a handle, and it had gotten crushed. His nose was a little mangled too, from being dragged on the ground. But the girl loved that frog, no matter how bedraggled he looked. And he never did anything. He was just always there. He was just Jeremy, and she loved him for that. Today, that girl is a young woman and has outgrown childish things. But in her bedroom, you'll still find Jeremy, tattered and repaired, asleep on her bed. She still loves him dearly, for what he is. Who do I love, and why?
You are reading from the book Touchstones. If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet. --Isaac Bashevis Singer Many of us have the habit of taking a negative outlook on whatever comes along. We don't believe things will work out for us; we don't think we will have a good day; we can't accept our friends' warm feelings. To follow this gloomy path is a strange distortion of faith - it is faith in the negative. Any forecast, whether hopeful or pessimistic, is a step into the unknown. So why do we choose the dark one? We get a payoff for our pessimism, which keeps us hooked. It creates misery, but serves our demand for control. There is more risk in being open to something positive because we cannot force positive things to occur. We can only be open to them and believe in the possibility. But when we predict the negative and expect only bad things, we squelch many good things or overlook them. Then we say, "I knew it would be this way," and in our misery we satisfy our self-centered craving to be in charge. When we surrender our need to be in control, we are more open and welcoming of the good things that come our way. Today. I will be open to the good that is around me.
You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning. ... those interested in perpetuating present conditions are always in tears about the marvelous past that is about to disappear, without having so much as a smile for the young future. --Simone de Beauvoir Hanging on to any moment, once it's gone, deadens us to the joys and lessons of the present. We must learn to let go, to let go of persons, painful situations, and even meaningful experiences. Life goes on, and the most fruitful lesson before us is to move with the vibrations, be in tune with them. Being open to the present is our only chance for growth. These experiences today in our lives beckon us forward along the path meant for us. We are not guaranteed only joy today. But we are promised security. We may not be free of twinges of fear or confusion, but we can learn to trust even in the midst of adversity. We can remember that power greater than ourselves whenever and wherever our steps are uncertain. Dwelling, as we are wont to do, on our rebuffs, our rejections, invites further criticism. But neither should we dwell on past joys. Attention to now and to the persons here, now, is the only rightful response to life. Not being here, now, invites others to turn away, just as we have turned away. I will celebrate the thrill of the present, squeeze the moments of today, and trust the outcome to God.
You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go. Letting Go of Fear of Abandonment "Where are you, God? Where did you go?" So many people have gone away. We may have felt so alone so much. In the midst of our struggles and lessons, we may wonder if God has gone away too. There are wondrous days when we feel God's protection and presence, leading and guiding each step and event. There are gray, dry days of spiritual barrenness when we wonder if anything in our life is guided or planned. Wondering if God knows or cares. Seek quiet times on the gray days. Force discipline and obedience until the answer comes, because it will. "I have not gone away child. I am here, always. Rest in me, in confidence. All in your life is being guided and planned, each detail. I know, and I care. Things are being worked out as quickly as possible for your highest good. Trust and be grateful. I am right here. Soon you will see, and know." Today, I will remember that God has not abandoned me. I can trust that God is leading, guiding, directing, and planning in love each detail of my life.
I am at choice today. I accept responsibility of my life with a new sense of maturity, confidence and even excitement. --Ruth Fishel
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JFT - Patience - 7/12 « Result #9 on Jul 12, 2005, 3:29am »
Patience
"We were trapped by our need for the instant gratification that drugs gave us." Basic Text, pp.24-25
"I want what I want, and I want it now!" That's about as patient as most of us ever got in our active addiction. The obsession and compulsion of our disease gave us a "one-track" way of thinking; when we wanted something, that's all we thought about. And the drugs we took taught us that instant gratification was never more than a dose away. It's no wonder that most of us came to Narcotics Anonymous with next to no patience.
The problem is, we can't always get what we want whenever we want it. Some of our wishes are pure fantasy; if we think about it, we'll realize we have no reason to believe those wishes will be fulfilled in our lifetimes. We probably can't even fulfill all our realistic desires; we certainly can't fulfill them all at once. In order to acquire or achieve some things, we will have to sacrifice others.
In our addiction we sought instant gratification, squandering our resources. In recovery we must learn to prioritize, sometimes denying the gratification of some desires in order to fulfill more important long-term goals. To do so requires patience. To find that patience, we practice our program of recovery, seeking the kind of full-bodied spiritual awakening that will allow us to live and enjoy life on life's terms.
Just for today: Higher Power, help me discover what's most important in my life. Help me learn patience, so that I can devote my resources to the important things. pg. 202
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FFT - Growing Up - 7/12 « Result #10 on Jul 12, 2005, 3:28am »
You are reading from the book Food for Thought.
Growing Up
There is no magic. Nothing - be it person, place, or thing - is going to give us instant and permanent gratification. We keep thinking in the back of our mind that there is some way we can manipulate life into granting us all of our desires, even when they contradict each other.
When we seriously and with honest effort work our way through the Twelve Steps, we begin to grow up emotionally and spiritually. Abstinence from compulsive overeating makes this growth possible. It is not easy, but it is definitely worth the effort.
Acceptance and renunciation are necessary if we are to live with satisfaction in the real world. Grandiose illusions are of no help. We come to understand that certain foods, emotions, and attitudes are not for us if we are to maintain our sanity.
There is no magic, but there is a Power greater than ourselves. Who is directing our growth.
AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. "No matter what you have done to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy God says that each of us is worth loving. We stay sober together - one day at a time!
When to Say No « Result #11 on Jul 11, 2005, 5:06pm »
When to Say No By: Helen Lescheid
"For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do goodworks, which God prepared in advance for us to do." (Ephesians 2:10)
"Doctor, I'm having a heart attack," I said as I stumbled into his office. I had pain in my chest and shortness of breath which frightened me.
After a careful examination and an electro - cardiac gram, the doctor assured me that my heart was functioning well. "Your body is experiencing extreme stress," he said. "You must change your lifestyle or you will be in severe trouble."
How was I going to do that? Besides caring for a very active family of six, I taught Sunday School, led a women's group, organized children's church, and sang in the choir. Didn't God expect me to serve him with all of my energy?
Yes, but in God's schedule there would be times of rest and stillness. "The fruit of righteousness (right living) will be peace; the effect of righteousness (right living) will be quietness and confidence forever," I read in (Isaiah 32:17). A phrase kept coming to me: Satan ruthlessly drives his people; Jesus gently leads his flock.
The following weeks I prayed much for God to help me sort out my priorities. We have a mistaken idea that what God wants us to do will feel like duty. But in reality, what God wants us to do will be a delight. It will resonate with the innermost dreams of our heart. So, I began to ask myself, "What do I love to do? What energizes me? What feels like a good fit?" Then I began to disentangle myself from all other works.
Saying "No" was hard. I felt like I was letting down people who said, "But we need you."
I also had to deal with guilt feelings thinking that some ministry would shut down if I didn't do my part. Still, if God wants to keep it going, he'll have hand - picked someone else for the job. Right? Saying No was actually an exercise of humility. I had to admit that some things would carry on very well without me. Funny how that comes as a surprise. (Laugh)
When you focus on what God has designed for you do - what your heart tells you to do - life becomes simpler. There's a sense of deep fulfilment and peace. And the added benefit? A healthier you.
~Father, help me to do all that you have designed for me to do, no more and no less.
Cowboy in Church « Result #12 on Jul 11, 2005, 4:56pm »
Cowboy in Church
One Sunday a cowboy went to church. When he entered, he saw that he and the preacher were the only ones present. The preacher asked the cowboy if he wanted him to go ahead and preach.
The cowboy said, "I'm not too smart, but if I went to feed my cattle and only one showed up, I'd still feed him."So the minister began his sermon.
One hour passed, then two hours, then two-and-a-half hours. The preacher finally finished and came down to ask the cowboy how he liked the sermon.
The cowboy answered slowly, "Well, I'm not very smart, but if I went to feed my cattle and only one showed up, I sure wouldn't feed him all the hay."
To the Sponsee « Result #13 on Jul 11, 2005, 4:54pm »
To the Sponsee We have learned from our experience as a fellowship that we need to do more than just attend Narcotics Anonymous meetings. The NA program teaches concepts and principles most of us were not conscious of during our active addiction. Now, newly clean and new to NA, we are in unfamiliar territory. Hearing other members share about "working" and "practicing" the steps and traditions or developing a conscious contact with a Higher Power may fill us with confusion and suspicion. We know it is not going to be easy to stop using drugs, but we did not realize that living a life of recovery would require so much work.
These concepts may be contrary to our way of looking at the world. We may not want to learn how to live with integrity or to offer ourselves in selfless service to other addicts. All we want to do is stop hurting and end the awful cycle of despair and remorse caused by our disease. The last thing many of us expect to do or know how to do when we get clean is to "work" a this thing called recovery.
SPIRITUAL JOURNEY « Result #14 on Jul 11, 2005, 4:52pm »
SPIRITUAL JOURNEY Some of the greatest inventions came about only after years of failed experiments. For scientists and inventors, those failed attempts were learning experiences that helped them in their discoveries.
Seeming failures can be learning experiences for me, too. When I am in search of my own discoveries, I remember that failures can bring me closer to success; they are a process of elimination in which each one brings me closer to the solution.
On my spiritual journey, I am continually making discoveries about myself-who I am and what I am capable of through the power of God within.
If I have made errors in judgment or blunders in past actions, I see them as learning experiences and build upon them. I, too, am on my way to great discoveries.
"Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves."
Walter Anderson
:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~:. .:~*~: After the initial shock and realization that I am a compulsive overeater, it transpired that in order to recover, I had to get honest. This was, and still is, a painful process for me, yet an essential step towards my recovery.
First, I had to admit that I wasn't in control of my life and that recovery couldn't be achieved unaided. As with most revelations, this was an uncomfortable truth to behold. I was also prompted, through honesty, to stop blaming everyone else for my unwillingness to help myself. I had to find conviction in my actions and not just emptiness in my words.
I conceded that I am not as perfect as I would like to think. I make mistakes and sometimes slip from the path of recovery, but with honesty comes acceptance that I am only human.
This disease would deceive me into thinking that I am the failure, when in fact it's my actions that have failed me. Like a magician who performs illusions for the crowd, this disease would have me think I have committed unforgivable sins.
Honesty is the key to my recovery; it unlocks the chains, which have imprisoned me for so long. It allows me to recognize my weaknesses and turn them into strengths. It turns simple existence into life, and turns inner conflicts into outward serenity.
ONE DAY AT A TIME ... I will be honest with myself.
From "'Perfect' Humility:" "I see that my journey toward God has scarce begun. "As I thus get down to my right size and stature, my self-concern and importance become amusing."
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