AA Thought for the Day
August 23, 2003
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Worship
We found that we had been worshippers. . .
Had we not variously worshipped people, sentiment,
things, money, and ourselves?
And then, with a better motive,
had we not worshipfully beheld the sunset,
the sea, or a flower?
Who of us had not loved something or somebody?
How much did these feelings, these loves, these worships,
have to do with pure reason?
Little or nothing, we saw at last.
Were not these things the tissue
out of which our lives were constructed?
Did not these feelings determine the course of our existence?
It was impossible to say we had no capacity for faith,
or love, or worship.
In one form or another
we had been living by faith and little else.
Imagine life without faith!
Were nothing left but pure reason, it wouldn't be life.
Thought to Ponder....
We found the Great Reality deep down within us.
Recovery Related Acronym
F A I T H = Facing An Inner Truth Heals.
A Member Shares...
My name is Marvin, and I'm an alcoholic.
I started drinking when I was seventeen years old. I married at age twenty-one, had two children, and a very good wife. I lost her and the children because of my drinking. There weren't very many treatment centers back then, and I came to AA just to get people off my back. I was sober for about a year when I went out one night and got drunk. The 'experiment' didn't work! My AA friends took me to a meeting the very next night. I celebrated twenty-eight years of sobriety August 5. AA is the best thing for people who drink too much! I stay sober one day at a time, and found my Higher Power in AA. So you see, AA really does work!
Thanks for listening.
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