AA Thought for the Day
September 25, 2003
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Blessings
I try for a full inventory of my blessings
and then for a right acceptance
of the many gifts that are mine --
both temporal and spiritual.
Here I try to achieve a state of joyful gratitude. . .
I try hard to hold fast to the truth
that a full and thankful heart
cannot entertain great conceits.
When brimming with gratitude,
one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love,
the finest emotion that we can ever know.
- Bill W., March 1962.
Thought to Ponder....
Just one day of sobriety is a blessing to be cherished.
Recovery Related Acronym
B E S T = Been Enjoying Sobriety Today!
A Member Shares...
I'm Dave, I am an alcoholic.
My greatest blessing today? The forty-seven other alcoholics here tonight. Each and every one of you are a blessing to me. Even the ones I argue with and disagree with are still a blessing to me. Even the ones who take my inventory, and gossip about me are still a blessing to me. The ones who are farther along the path, who still continue to lead and guide me are a blessing to me. And those who are new and farther behind me, forcing me to show that AA works, in spite of myself sometimes are a blessing to me. I would not be sober today if it weren't for the other forty-seven alcoholics here tonight. Each and every one of you is a blessing to me, and I thank God that He has chosen to bring you here tonight to help me stay sober, and to show that God still runs the show, and that AA works!
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