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November 2009 
Getting Ahead
Posted on Jul 3rd, 2009
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Thoughtfood for Friday, July 3, 2009
Getting Ahead
The nondrinking alcoholic discovers in AA that
you cannot Get Ahead until you learn to be Here.
We discover from our Serenity Prayer
that one of the things we cannot change is time.
The Here-and-Now is the only reality,
whereas in the unreal world of the drinking alcoholic
there was only yesterday-and-tomorrow.
--Came to Believe, p. 113.
From the Big Book:
"Whatever the method, its object is to thoroughly clear mind and body of the effects of alcohol. In competent hands, this seldom takes long nor is it very expensive. Your man will fare better if placed in such physical condition that he can think straight and no longer craves liquor. If you propose such a procedure to him, it may be necessary to advance the cost of treatment, but we believe it should be made plain that any expense will later be deducted from his pay, It is better for him to feel fully responsible."
c. 1939, AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, To Employers, p. 143.
Prayer for the day:
"I pray that I may not be held back by the material things of the world.
I pray that I may let God lead me forward."
c. 1975, Hazelden Foundation, Twenty-Four Hours A Day, July 3.
Quote for the day:
"I laugh, I love, I hope, I try, I hurt, I need, I fear, I cry. And I know you do the same things too. So we're really not that different, me and you." __Colin Raye
My share:
I am where I am today because people took the time to show me how alike we all are. I had a typical sense of uniqueness that is common among alcoholics. Today I know we are all unique, in the same way. Be Good To You, Dave.
"Whatever the method, its object is to thoroughly clear mind and body of the effects of alcohol. In competent hands, this seldom takes long nor is it very expensive. Your man will fare better if placed in such physical condition that he can think straight and no longer craves liquor. If you propose such a procedure to him, it may be necessary to advance the cost of treatment, but we believe it should be made plain that any expense will later be deducted from his pay, It is better for him to feel fully responsible."
c. 1939, AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, To Employers, p. 143.
Prayer for the day:
"I pray that I may not be held back by the material things of the world.
I pray that I may let God lead me forward."
c. 1975, Hazelden Foundation, Twenty-Four Hours A Day, July 3.
Quote for the day:
"I laugh, I love, I hope, I try, I hurt, I need, I fear, I cry. And I know you do the same things too. So we're really not that different, me and you." __Colin Raye
My share:
I am where I am today because people took the time to show me how alike we all are. I had a typical sense of uniqueness that is common among alcoholics. Today I know we are all unique, in the same way. Be Good To You, Dave.
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