AA Thoughts For Today - April

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AA Thought for the Day

April 30

Alcoholic Or Not?

We do not like to pronounce any individual as alcoholic, but you can quickly diagnose yourself.
Step over to the nearest barroom and try some controlled drinking. Try to drink and stop abruptly.
Try it more than once. It will not take long for you to decide, if you are honest with yourself about it.
It may be worth a bad case of jitters if you get a full knowledge of your condition.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) pp. 31 - 32

Thought to Ponder
I would rather go through life sober, believing I am an alcoholic,
than go through life drunk, trying to convince myself that I am not.

AA-related 'Alconym'
B U T = Being Unconvinced Totally.

~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~

Compromise
"One qualification for a useful life is
'give-and-take,'
the ability to compromise cheerfully.
Compromise comes hard to us 'all-or-nothing' drunks.
Nevertheless we must never lose sight of the fact
that progress is nearly always characterized by
a series of improving compromises.
There are circumstances in which it is necessary
to stick flat-footed to one's convictions.
Deciding when to compromise
and when not to compromise always calls for
the most careful discrimination."
Bill W., Twelve Concepts for World Service, pp. 39-40
As Bill Sees It, p. 59

Thought to Consider . . .
Wisdom in its purest form is sometimes
knowing what to overlook.

*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
BATH
Behavior, Attitude, Thinking, and Habits

*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*

Inspiration
From "Alcoholics Anonymous Number Three":
"I thought, I think I have the answer. Bill was very, very grateful that he had been released from this terrible thing and he
had given God the credit for having done it, and he's so grateful about it he wants to tell other people about it. That
sentence, 'The Lord has been so wonderful to me, curing me of this terrible disease, that I just want to keep telling
people about it,' has been a sort of a golden text for the A.A. program and for me."
2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 191

*~*~*~*~*^ Grapevine Quote ^*~*~*~*~*

I can choose to carry the weight of the world and my problems around on my shoulders, or I can turn them all over to
my Higher Power and let her worry about them.
Toronto, Ontario, May 1984
"Now I Have a Choice!,"
Spiritual Awakenings II

~*~*~*~*^ Big Book & Twelve N' Twelve Quotes of the Day ^*~*~*~*~*

"In dealing with resentments, we set them on paper. We listed
people, institutions or principles with whom we were angry. We asked
ourselves why we were angry. In most cases it was found that our
self-esteem, our pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal
relationships,(including sex) were hurt or threatened."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 64~

"We feel we are on the Broad Highway, walking hand in hand with the
Spirit of the Universe."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, Page 75~

Alcoholics Anonymous saved my life, and it comes first.
-Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p. 159

Misc. AA Literature - Quote

Word of Mouth
'In my view, there isn't the slightest objection to groups who wish to remain strictly anonymous, or to people who think
they would not like their membership in A.A. known at all. That is their business, and this is a very natural reaction.
'However, most people find that anonymity to this degree is not necessary, or even desirable. Once one is fairly sober,
and sure of this, there seems no reason for failing to talk about A.A. membership in the right places. This has a
tendency to bring in other people. Word of mouth is one of our most important communications.
'So we should criticize neither the people who wish to remain silent, nor even the people who wish to talk too much
about belonging to A.A., provided they do not do so at the public level and thus compromise our whole Society.' LETTER, 1962

Prayer For The Day: Dear Lord, please help me be the inspiration in someone's day. Help me not to discourage but always encourage.