alcohoilics anonymous
December 2008 
New Beginning
Posted on May 17th, 2008
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Thoughtfood for Saturday, May 17, 2008
New Beginning
I knew I had to have a new beginning,
and this beginning had to be here.
I could not start anywhere else.
I had to let go of the past and forget the future.
As long as I held on to the past with one hand and
grabbed at the future with the other hand,
I had nothing to hold on to today with.
So I had to begin here, now.
© 1973 AAWS, Came To Believe, p. 46
From the Big Book:
"...the actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge. This is a point we wish to emphasize and re-emphasize, to smash home upon our alcoholic readers as it has been revealed to us out of bitter experience."
c. AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, More About Alcoholism, p. 39.
Prayer for the day:
"I pray that when life is over, I will return to an eternal, spaceless life with God.
I pray that I may make this life a preparation for a better life to come."
c. 1975, Hazelden Foundation, Twenty-Four Hours A Day, May 17.
Quote for the day:
It is not the situation,
it's your reaction to the situation.
The reality of your life
may result from many outside factors,
none of which you can control.
Your attitude, however,
reflects the ways in which you deal
with what is happening to you. __The Daily Guru
My share:
I cannot seem to shake this attitude of gratitude that permeates my living today. It is such a joyful burden to bear; to awake each day and have no emotional, or physical hangovers from the night before. Any problems with the day before can be dealt with by utilizing the tools of our program outlined in the twelve steps, and I have faith that I will only continue to get better at it, one day at a time. Be Good To You, Dave
I knew I had to have a new beginning,
and this beginning had to be here.
I could not start anywhere else.
I had to let go of the past and forget the future.
As long as I held on to the past with one hand and
grabbed at the future with the other hand,
I had nothing to hold on to today with.
So I had to begin here, now.
© 1973 AAWS, Came To Believe, p. 46
From the Big Book:
"...the actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge. This is a point we wish to emphasize and re-emphasize, to smash home upon our alcoholic readers as it has been revealed to us out of bitter experience."
c. AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, More About Alcoholism, p. 39.
Prayer for the day:
"I pray that when life is over, I will return to an eternal, spaceless life with God.
I pray that I may make this life a preparation for a better life to come."
c. 1975, Hazelden Foundation, Twenty-Four Hours A Day, May 17.
Quote for the day:
It is not the situation,
it's your reaction to the situation.
The reality of your life
may result from many outside factors,
none of which you can control.
Your attitude, however,
reflects the ways in which you deal
with what is happening to you. __The Daily Guru
My share:
I cannot seem to shake this attitude of gratitude that permeates my living today. It is such a joyful burden to bear; to awake each day and have no emotional, or physical hangovers from the night before. Any problems with the day before can be dealt with by utilizing the tools of our program outlined in the twelve steps, and I have faith that I will only continue to get better at it, one day at a time. Be Good To You, Dave
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