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24 Hours a Day Thursday, January 14, 2010
(You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day.)
A.A. Thought for the Day
When we first came into A.A., a sober life seemed strange. We wondered what life could possibly be like without ever taking a drink. At first, a sober life seemed unnatural. But the longer we're in A.A., the more natural this way of life seems. And now we know that the life we're living in A.A., the sobriety, the fellowship, the faith in God, and the trying to help each other, is the most natural way we could possibly live. Do I believe it's the way God wants me to live?
Meditation for the Day
I will learn to overcome myself, because every blow to selfishness is used to shape the real, eternal, unperishable me. As I overcome myself, I gain that power which God releases in my soul. And I too will be victorious. It is not the difficulties of life that I have to conquer, so much as my own selfishness.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may obey God and walk with Him and listen to Him. I pray that I may strive to overcome my own selfishness.
(From Twenty-Four Hours a Day © 1975 by Hazelden Foundation, PO Box 176, Center City, MN 55012)
(You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day.)
A.A. Thought for the Day
When we first came into A.A., a sober life seemed strange. We wondered what life could possibly be like without ever taking a drink. At first, a sober life seemed unnatural. But the longer we're in A.A., the more natural this way of life seems. And now we know that the life we're living in A.A., the sobriety, the fellowship, the faith in God, and the trying to help each other, is the most natural way we could possibly live. Do I believe it's the way God wants me to live?
Meditation for the Day
I will learn to overcome myself, because every blow to selfishness is used to shape the real, eternal, unperishable me. As I overcome myself, I gain that power which God releases in my soul. And I too will be victorious. It is not the difficulties of life that I have to conquer, so much as my own selfishness.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may obey God and walk with Him and listen to Him. I pray that I may strive to overcome my own selfishness.
(From Twenty-Four Hours a Day © 1975 by Hazelden Foundation, PO Box 176, Center City, MN 55012)
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My Natural State
"When we first came into A.A., a sober life seemed strange. We wondered what life could possibly be like without ever taking a drink. At first, a sober life seemed unnatural. But the longer we're in A.A., the more natural this way of life seems. And now we know that the life we're living in A.A., the sobriety, the fellowship, the faith in God, and the trying to help each other, is the most natural way we could possibly live. Do I believe it's the way God wants me to live?"
Some people say that drinking is the most natural thing an alcoholic can do. I think that statement is just another one of the many myths perpetuated by MOTR A.A.
Untreated, shut off from the spirit, the ONLY thing an alcoholic can do is to drink. Or blow his head off. Or gamble. Or engage in compulsive sick sex and sick relationships and bizarre behavior. Or work 16 hours a day. Or go to five A.A. meetings a day and engage in all other sorts of meaningless activity.
Recovered, living the reality of an awakened spirit, an alcoholic can't drink. Sobriety is my natural state. I am today as God intended me to be-alive, sober, and mostly in my right mind. Couldn't drink if I wanted to because for me the problem simply doesn't exist.
Jim
Some people say that drinking is the most natural thing an alcoholic can do. I think that statement is just another one of the many myths perpetuated by MOTR A.A.
Untreated, shut off from the spirit, the ONLY thing an alcoholic can do is to drink. Or blow his head off. Or gamble. Or engage in compulsive sick sex and sick relationships and bizarre behavior. Or work 16 hours a day. Or go to five A.A. meetings a day and engage in all other sorts of meaningless activity.
Recovered, living the reality of an awakened spirit, an alcoholic can't drink. Sobriety is my natural state. I am today as God intended me to be-alive, sober, and mostly in my right mind. Couldn't drink if I wanted to because for me the problem simply doesn't exist.
Jim
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