Anger

Thoughtfood for Friday, November 6, 2009

Anger

If we were to live, we had to be free of anger.

The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us.

They may be the luxury of normal men, but for alcoholics,

these things are poison.

- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 66

From the Big Book:

"I personally know scores of cases who were of the type with whom other methods had failed completely.  These facts appear to be of extreme medical importance because of the extraordinary possibilities of rapid growth inherent in this group they may mark a new epoch in the annals of alcoholism.  These men may well have a remedy for thousands of such situations. 

You may rely absolutely on anything they say about themselves.  Very truly yours, William D. Silkworth, M. D.

c. 1976, AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, The Doctor's Opinion, pp. xxiii-xxiv.

Prayer for the day:

"I pray that I may be used as a channel to express the Divine Love.  I pray that I may so live as to bring God's spirit closer to the world."

c. 1975, Hazelden Foundation, Twenty-Four Hours A Day, Nov. 6.

Quote for the day:

"The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present."  __Barbara De Angelis

My share:

I encounter, almost daily, moments of anger, frustration, intolerance, hatred, bigotry and avarice.  Fortunately, none of those things occur in my heart.  They are in evidence in the people around me, on the road, in the store, at school.  I pray for the day when everyone finds their own inner peace. Be Good To You, Dave.