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AA thought for the day part 4
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03-11-2010, 11:13 AM
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RE: AA thought for the day part 4
and another great acheivement which direct follows that is the knowledge that I no longer have to give a piece of my mind to others
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03-12-2010, 05:55 AM
Post: #272
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RE: AA thought for the day part 4
AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AAOnline.net) March 12, 2010 Vacancy I realized I'd been living outside myself for so long I'd almost become a walking vacancy. In my prized AA sobriety, I was still running a kind of circus which had numerous posters plastered all over its outside -- See the Spectacular Non-Drinking Person! Watch How Movingly He Can Recite the Twelve Steps! -- but which had nothing much going on inside the tent. I've been trying to shut that circus down ever since with varying degrees of success. - The Best of the Grapevine [Vol. 3], p. 238 Thought to Ponder . . . The monkey's asleep but the circus hasn't left town. AA-related 'Alconym' . . . P R I D E = Personal Recovery Involves Deflating Ego. ![[Image: AA.gif]](http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z273/barefoot1313/AA.gif)
Jus A Trudgin My Road ![[Image: footprints.gif]](http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z273/barefoot1313/footprints.gif)
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03-12-2010, 03:57 PM
Post: #273
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RE: AA thought for the day part 4
Quote:The monkey's asleep but the circus hasn't left town. Learning to like myself and accept myself drove the monkey out |
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03-12-2010, 04:28 PM
Post: #274
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RE: AA thought for the day part 4
Quote:Thought to Ponder . . .and dont buy the ticket to the Rollor Coaster Ride Rule 62 |
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03-13-2010, 07:25 AM
Post: #275
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RE: AA thought for the day part 4
AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AAOnline.net) March 13, 2010 Hope Having come to believe that I keep what I share, every time I encourage, I receive courage. . . With the grace of God and the Fellowship of AA, I trudge the road of happy destiny. May I always remember that the power within me is far greater than any fear before me. - Daily Reflections, p. 70 Thought to Ponder . . . A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. AA-related 'Alconym' . . . H O P E = Heart Open; Please Enter.
Jus A Trudgin My Road
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03-13-2010, 02:13 PM
Post: #276
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RE: AA thought for the day part 4
but the darkness gains more light and more people will see that light...more than just the two holding the candles...and hope beckons others from the darkness and into the light
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03-13-2010, 04:08 PM
Post: #277
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RE: AA thought for the day part 4
Quote:Thought to Ponder . . . grateful for the light Rule 62 |
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03-14-2010, 07:08 AM
Post: #278
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RE: AA thought for the day part 4
AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AAOnline.net) ~ Scroll down for share ~ March 14, 2010 If we were to live, we had to be free of anger. The grouch and the sudden rage were not for us. Anger is the dubious luxury of normal men, but for us alcoholics it is poison. - As Bill Sees It, p. 5 Thought to Ponder . . . Anger is but a mask for fear. AA-related 'Alconym' . . . A A = Avoid Anger. A MEMBER SHARES: Terry here, grateful alcoholic and honored to be here today. I wanted to talk about anger, because it's what I struggle with most these days. I was generally jovial, easy to get along with, until those moments drinking when the rage would surface -- sometimes out of nowhere -- sometimes rage about things long past -- sometimes about how life as it is was and not as I thought it should be. When I realized my life was unmanageable, I came to this program and was crushed. I came with fear and so little to offer. Even in early sobriety, I was angry that stopping drinking didn't fix my relationships or finances, or the myriad of other things I thought were important. Today, I realize that my sobriety is the MOST important thing in my day; that the acceptance of self and others is key to this. I realize that sober, I can endure almost anything, and that every sober day makes me a winner no matter what else goes wrong. Yet I am perplexed that I have all the theory and not the practice yet -- I want to be totally fixed right now in good alcoholic fashion. Today, I see anger arising in me, and instead of just reacting, I remember that I am giving another space in my head. I am letting them mess with my serenity. I am impeding my own progress, eating poison hoping the other becomes ill -- all the things we "know" about sober life, and yet I find that I react at the same time. It's said that for some of us former military folks there are only two acceptable emotions: rage and lust. But sobriety is uncovering a broader spectrum, and it's still hard to deal. So today, I see the anger, and still react a bit, but I look also to the fears beneath, try not to "act" on the anger - and pray for those who anger me most. It's a process, and some days slower than others, but with each day, I g! et a lit tle better -- especially on accepting my own limitations and myself. Thanks for letting me share.
Jus A Trudgin My Road
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03-14-2010, 12:36 PM
Post: #279
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RE: AA thought for the day part 4
Quote:Anger is the dubious luxury of normal men, and D+anger = Danger...unchecked and undealt with anger leads to rage and that is even more dangerous |
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03-15-2010, 04:54 AM
Post: #280
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RE: AA thought for the day part 4
AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AAOnline.net) March 15, 2010 Attitude Life is about perspective, and AA has given me a new pair of glasses. I may not be able to change how others act or what they do, but I can change my attitude toward it. - AA Grapevine, March 2010, p. 37 Thought to Ponder . . . Attitudes are contagious. Is yours worth catching? AA-related 'Alconym' . . . A A = Attitude Adjustment.
Jus A Trudgin My Road
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