AA Thought for the Day - December 28, 2014

AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)

December 28, 2014

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The Circle and Triangle
Above us, at the International Convention in St. Louis in 1955, floated a banner
on which was inscribed the then new symbol for AA, a circle enclosing a triangle.
The circle stands for the whole world of AA, and the triangle stands for AA's Three Legacies: Recovery, Unity, and Service.
It is perhaps no accident that priests and seers of antiquity regarded this symbol as a means of warding off spirits of evil.
- As Bill Sees It, p. 307

Thought to Ponder . . .
Within our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A A's - R - U S = Alcoholics Anonymous Recovery, Unity, Service.

A Member Shares:
Hello all, Mark here, alcoholic.  I thought I'd get my hand up.  I like this room; it's just the right size.  I have never heard this topic in a meeting, which is odd because I've heard many topics repeated, so this is refreshing.  We look at our AA symbol often, the triangle in the circle.  It's like a magical algebra equation that lifts us into that other dimension.  I've been re-reading the Big Book and I'm thrilled to find that it is evergreen.  Back to topic: "Unity, Service, Recovery."  What would you or I have done without those who came before and established this program?  AA is the only thing in my life that has ever ignited me into unity and service, probably because I so desperately need to recover.  I cannot be a shivering denizen of King Alcohol any more.  I was dying.  Dying by my own hand, I poured a bottle of booze into me every day.  I was shattered.  AA lifted me up – you all lifted me up!  But unless I take part, I am not a part.  And I desperately want what you all have.  So happy holidays to you all.  Here's to Unity, Service, and our Recovery!  Thanks.
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Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carrying the AA message.
Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
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