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Saturday, October 4, 2014

AA Thought for the Day - October 4, 2014

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

October 4, 2014

Emotional Sobriety
Those adolescent urges that so many of us have for top approval, perfect security, and perfect romance
-- urges quite appropriate to age seventeen --
prove to be an impossible way of life when we are at age forty-seven or fifty-seven.
Since AA began, I've taken immense wallops in all of these areas because of my failure to grow up emotionally and spiritually.
My God, how painful it is to keep demanding the impossible, and how very painful to discover, finally,
that all along we have had the cart before the horse!
Then comes the final agony of seeing how awfully wrong we have been,
but still finding ourselves unable to get off the emotional merry-go-round.
- The Language Of The Heart, pp. 236-237

Thought to Ponder . . .
Maturity is making peace between what is and what may be.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
S W A T = Surrender, Willingness, Action, Trust.

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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Thursday, October 2, 2014

AA Thought for the Day - October 3, 2014

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

October 3, 2014

Circus Act
I realized I'd been living outside myself for so long I'd almost become a walking vacancy.
In my prized AA sobriety, I was still running a kind of circus
which had numerous, highly believable posters plastered all over its outside --
See the Spectacular Non-Drinking Person! Watch How Movingly He can Recite the Twelve Steps!
-- but which had nothing much going on inside the tent.
I've been working hard to shut that circus down ever since with varying degrees of success.
- The Best of the Grapevine [Vol. 3], pp. 237-238

Thought to Ponder . . .
The monkey’s asleep but the circus hasn’t left town.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H A L T = Honesty, Acceptance, Love, Trust.

Sunday, September 28, 2014

AA Thought for the Day - September 29, 2014

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

September 29, 2014

One Day At A Time
The 24-hour plan is very flexible. We can start it afresh at any time, wherever we are.
At home, at work, in a bar or in a hospital room, at 4:00 p.m. or at 3:00 a.m.,
we can decide right then not to take a drink during the forthcoming 24 hours or five minutes. . .
But today is always here. Life is daily; today is all we have; and anybody can go one day without drinking.
- Living Sober, p. 7

Thought to Ponder . . .
If I don't drink today, I have the hope of a tomorrow.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
O D A A T = One Day At A Time.

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

SWRAASA?

What is the Southwest Regional Alcoholics Anonymous Service Assembly?

Information is available at this link of FAQ > http://swraasa2014.org/faq/

If your District 8C AA Group would like to assist SWRAASA by volunteering your time or with donations of funds; contact District 8C DCM Mario R for information.

If you would like to attend the event registration is available here >

http://swraasa2014.org/

Friday, August 29, 2014

AA Thought for the Day - August 30, 2014

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

August 30, 2014

Essentials
Most emphatically we wish to say that any alcoholic capable of facing his problems in the light of our experience can recover,
provided he does not close his mind to all spiritual concepts.
He can only be defeated by an attitude of intolerance or belligerent denial.
We find that no one need have difficulty with the spirituality of the program.
Willingness, honesty and open-mindedness are the essentials of recovery. But these are indispensable.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 568

Thought to Ponder . . .
A spiritual awakening is our greatest gift.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
W H O = Willingness, Honesty, Open-mindedness.

Saturday, August 2, 2014

On-line Intergroup (OIAA) Steppers report for JUly

Hello O.I.A.A. Assembly,

As July has come to a close, we are presenting the activity for the 12-Steppers Committee:
We thought June was busy.. and look what happened in July !

Total Urgent Calls to Steppers: 534
Total Steppers Replies to Callers: 1495

Urgent Callers by Source:

Intergroup 412
AA-Online 72
Unknown 11
AA SouthAfrica 6

Google.com 7
York PA AA 2

BING 2
Yahoo! 1
e-AA 2
AA-Serenity 4

Vancouver intergroup 3

aoig.oso-aa.org 2

Christianrecoveryministries.com .........1

aasoberliving.com........2

aaloners.org..................3

alkies.org................1

stayingcyber.org...... 1

bluidkiti.com.........1

oso-aa.org.......1

We also have 2 potential steppers in orientation at present.

Thank you for allowing us to be of service to our callers and the O.I.A.A.

Gary W. and Hal H.

AA Thought for the Day August 2, 2014

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

August 2, 2014

Solution
The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution.
We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree,
and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action.
This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 17

Thought to Ponder . . .
Walk softly and carry a Big Book.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
S T E P S = Solutions Through Each Positive Step.