AA Thought for the Day
September 12, 2004
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Radical Formula
We AA's had tried out a radical and old-time formula,
one rather out of fashion nowadays, and it had worked.
"We admitted that we were powerless --
that our lives had become unmanageable"
and "we made a decision to turn our wills and our lives
over to God as we understood Him."
Every one of us who could make and fairly well maintain
this humbling admission and sweeping decision
had found relief from obsession
and had begun to grow into a totally and wonderfully
different mental, physical, and spiritual existence.
Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, Page 45, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
Thought to Ponder....
AA is not something you join, it's a way of life.
Recovery Related Acronym
A A W O L = A A Way Of Life.
A Member Shares...
Hello, my name is Bobby S. and I'm a very grateful member of AA.
Someone once said, "Gratitude is the memory of the heart." Being an AA member for me is a call from my Higher Power. It is also a call to remember how hopeless a drunk I was. The love and mercy of God brought my weary spirit, broken heart, and afflicted soul to the sacred room of AA meetings. I recognized and believed that Power as something greater than myself and my disease of alcoholism. Today, when I think of God, I really think of His presence in AA and in my own personal life. My difficulties in life are still with me, but the difference is that I know now how to handle them without hurting myself with alcohol because I know I am loved, saved, and cared for by a loving God and all the lovely, trusting, wonderful members of AA around the world.
Thanks for letting me share.
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