alcoholics anonymous
December 2008 
A Lot of AA
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Thoughtfood for Sunday, July 13, 2008
A Lot of AA
and living was loving,
and loving was God.
And you don't have to worry about God,
because He's sitting right in front of your eyes.
You get just a little sobriety,
and you get just a little humility.
Not much, just a little.
Not the humility of sackcloth and ashes,
but the humility of a man who's glad he's alive and can serve.
You get just a little tolerance,
not too much, but just enough
to sit and listen to the other guy. . .
And you realize that if you put all this together, you get
a little humility,
a little tolerance,
a little honesty,
a little serenity,
a little prayer --
and a lot of AA.
c. AAWS, Experience,.Strength, and Hope
From the Big Book:
"Without knowing it, had we not been brought to where we stood by a certain kind of faith? For did we not believe in our own reasoning? Did we not have confidence in our ability to think? What was that but a sort of faith? Yes, we had been faithful, abjectly faithful to the God of Reason. So, in one way or another, we discovered that faith had been involved all the time!"
c. 1939 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, We Agnostics, pp.53-54.
Prayer for the day:
"I pray that I may await with complete faith for the next good thing in store for me.
I pray that I may always keep an expectant attitude toward life."
c. 1975, Hazelden Foundation, Twenty-Four Hours A Day, July 13.
Quote for the day:
"The creative thinker is flexible and adaptable and prepared to rearrange his thinking." __A.J.Cropley
My share: A little humility, a little tolerance, a little prayer, etc. This whole program is about little successes. I stayed sober at first one minute at a time. Then an hour at a time. Now one day at a time. I avoid any plans to never _____________(fill in the blank).
Be Good To You, Dave
Access: Public
Thanks Dave
I just returned from my Sunday Morning meeting and happened upon your blog entry. Coincidence I do not think so A loving God
Chuck
The humility of a man who's glad he's alive and can serve.
You get just a little tolerance,
not too much, but just enough
to sit and listen to the other guy…
Had to read this again this Monday Morning
and this really grabs my attention Tolerance and service
going to keep that with me today at work