Slip
“I had commenced to drink as though the cocktails were ginger ale. I now remembered what my alcoholic friends had told me, how they prophesied that if I had an alcoholic mind, the time and place would come – I would drink again . . . I knew from that moment that I had an alcoholic mind. I saw that will power and self-knowledge would not help in those strange mental blank spots . . . I had never been able to understand people who said that a problem had them hopelessly defeated. I knew then. It was a crushing blow.”
c. 1976, 2001AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 41-42
Thought to Consider . . .
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
S L I P
Action
From “Daily Resolutions:”
“A New Year: 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes – a time to consider directions, goals, and actions. I must make some plans to live a normal life, but also I must live emotionally within a twenty-four-hour frame, for if I do, I don't have to make New Year's resolutions! I can make every day a New Year's Day! I can decide, 'Today I will do this . . . Today I will do that.' Each day I can measure my life by trying to do a little better, by deciding to follow God's will and by making an effort to put the principles of our A.A. program into action.”
c. 1990, Daily Reflections, page 374
ANONYMITY
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 564
Tradition Twelve became important early in my sobriety and, along with the Twelve Steps, it continues to be a must in my recovery. I became aware after I joined the Fellowship that I had personality problems, so that when I first heard it, the Tradition's message was very clear: there exists an immediate way for me to face, with others, my alcoholism and attendant anger, defensiveness, offensiveness. I saw Tradition Twelve as being a great ego-deflator; it relieved my anger and gave me a chance to utilize the principles of the program. All of the Steps, and this particular Tradition, have guided me over decades of continuous sobriety. I am grateful to those who were here when I needed them.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
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~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*
The Sense of Belonging
“Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us. We no longer live in a completely hostile world. We are no longer lost and frightened and purposeless. The moment we catch even a glimpse of God's will, the moment we begin to see truth, justice, and love as the real and eternal things in life, we are no longer deeply disturbed by all the seeming evidence to the contrary that surrounds us in purely human affairs. We know that God lovingly watches over us. We know that when we turn to Him, all will be well with us, here and hereafter.”
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
“We alcoholics are sensitive people. It takes some of us a long time to outgrow that serious handicap.”
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
The Family Afterward, pg. 125
*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day