It works if ya work it...here is proof
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It works if ya work it...here is proof
Ruth
Ruth O'Neil of Toms River NJ passed away on Sunday April 22, 2012. She was 97 years old & had just celebrated 68 years of sobriety on April 14. Sober since 1944, It is possible Ruth had the longest living sobriety of any woman or man at the time of her death. She also knew and helped Dr. William D..Silkworth, who wrote most of "The Doctor's Opinion" in the Big Book.
Ruth was a wonderful power of example in all that she did. She loved to laugh, to eat, to sing & dance, to speak at meetings & she loved her chocolate! She was a wonderful friend & a great sponsor. We will surely miss you, Ruthie !
In 1995 at the International in San Diego at the long-timers meeting, the crowds went wild begging for additional time allowance after she was"gonged" for her time being up. Her talks were a great wealth of history.
Within a few months after she got sober, at a meeting in Brooklyn NY, she was given a business card by another AA member. On one side of the card was the Four Absolutes of the Oxford Group (Absolute Honesty, Absolute Unselfishness, Absolute Love, and Absolute Purity) and on the other side of the card was the following prayer. She recited it daily and shared it when she spoke. It has come to be known as "Ruth's Prayer":
Thank You, dear God, for another day, The chance to live in a decent way, To feel again the joy of living and happiness that comes from giving. Thank You for friends who can understand and the peace that flows from Your loving hand. Help me to wake with the morning sun, With the prayer today, "Thy will be done." For with Your help I will find the way. Thank You again, dear God,for AA.
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68 years of One day at a time is an incredible & tremendous legacy and testament to the fact that this journey of recovery does work!!!
Ruth O'Neil of Toms River NJ passed away on Sunday April 22, 2012. She was 97 years old & had just celebrated 68 years of sobriety on April 14. Sober since 1944, It is possible Ruth had the longest living sobriety of any woman or man at the time of her death. She also knew and helped Dr. William D..Silkworth, who wrote most of "The Doctor's Opinion" in the Big Book.
Ruth was a wonderful power of example in all that she did. She loved to laugh, to eat, to sing & dance, to speak at meetings & she loved her chocolate! She was a wonderful friend & a great sponsor. We will surely miss you, Ruthie !
In 1995 at the International in San Diego at the long-timers meeting, the crowds went wild begging for additional time allowance after she was"gonged" for her time being up. Her talks were a great wealth of history.
Within a few months after she got sober, at a meeting in Brooklyn NY, she was given a business card by another AA member. On one side of the card was the Four Absolutes of the Oxford Group (Absolute Honesty, Absolute Unselfishness, Absolute Love, and Absolute Purity) and on the other side of the card was the following prayer. She recited it daily and shared it when she spoke. It has come to be known as "Ruth's Prayer":
Thank You, dear God, for another day, The chance to live in a decent way, To feel again the joy of living and happiness that comes from giving. Thank You for friends who can understand and the peace that flows from Your loving hand. Help me to wake with the morning sun, With the prayer today, "Thy will be done." For with Your help I will find the way. Thank You again, dear God,for AA.
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68 years of One day at a time is an incredible & tremendous legacy and testament to the fact that this journey of recovery does work!!!
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Indeed and Ruth with Sister Ignatia are 2 of my favorite women in AA history. 
We all can honor their soul by staying on the beam, and doing the next right thing.
We all can honor their soul by staying on the beam, and doing the next right thing.
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