Twenty-Four Hours A Day for 2/4/2013
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Twenty-Four Hours A Day for 2/4/2013 *~*~*~*^TwentyFourHoursADay^*~*~*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
Treating others to drinks gave us a kind of satisfaction. We liked to say, "Have a drink on me." But we were not really doing the other people a favor. We were only helping them to get drunk, especially if they happened to be alcoholic. In A.A. we really try to help other alcoholics. We build them up instead of tearing them down. Drinking created a sort of fellowship. But it really was a false fellowship, because it was based on selfishness. We used our drinking companions for our own pleasure. In A.A. we have real fellowship, based on unselfishness and a desire to help each other. And we make real friends, not fair-weather friends. With sobriety, have I got everything that drinking's got, without the headaches?
Meditation for the Day
I know that God cannot teach anyone who is trusting in a crutch. I will throw away the crutch of alcohol and walk in God's power and spirit. God's power will so invigorate me that I shall indeed walk on to victory. There is never any limit to God's power. I will go step by step, one day at a time. God's will shall be revealed to me as I go forward.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may have more and more dependence on God. I pray that I may throw away my alcoholic crutch and let God's power take its place.
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Originally Posted by newby1961 
*~*~*~*^TwentyFourHoursADay^*~*~*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
Treating others to drinks gave us a kind of satisfaction. We liked to say, "Have a drink on me." But we were not really doing the other people a favor. We were only helping them to get drunk, especially if they happened to be alcoholic. In A.A. we really try to help other alcoholics. We build them up instead of tearing them down. Drinking created a sort of fellowship. But it really was a false fellowship, because it was based on selfishness. We used our drinking companions for our own pleasure. In A.A. we have real fellowship, based on unselfishness and a desire to help each other. And we make real friends, not fair-weather friends. With sobriety, have I got everything that drinking's got, without the headaches?
Meditation for the Day
I know that God cannot teach anyone who is trusting in a crutch. I will throw away the crutch of alcohol and walk in God's power and spirit. God's power will so invigorate me that I shall indeed walk on to victory. There is never any limit to God's power. I will go step by step, one day at a time. God's will shall be revealed to me as I go forward.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may have more and more dependence on God. I pray that I may throw away my alcoholic crutch and let God's power take its place.
Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012
Oh, how I loved to play the big shot! Have a drink on me. I am buying! I am so rich! Not.
I believe it was nothing more than an attempt at attention. Look at me. I matter. I am important. I'll show you.
Look where it got me.
Big shot.
Yeah right.
Thank you God, for showing me my truth today.
I don't that "I" can throw my alcoholic crutch away,
but I can sure get down on my knees (like I did this morning)
...and ask God to remove it.
Day 25
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