Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Methodists reinstate defrocked minister, deepening divide over gays
June 25, 2014 - Today's Gift from Hazelden
Today's thought from Hazelden is:
Overachieving may be symptomatic
Suffering from low self-esteem is common. Some of it may be blamed on growing up in families affected by alcohol or other drugs. Perhaps the criticism heaped on us at school or in a bad marriage triggered it. We may have thousands of reasons for lacking a sense of our worth. The bottom line is, we were insecure and full of doubt - good breeding ground for the superstar achiever.
The program is spiritually based, and in it we are introduced to a Higher Power. Many of us didn't have a Higher Power before, at least not one we relied on, to help us feel better about ourselves. We are learning to turn to our Higher Power every day for peaceful assurance that we are loved, that we are being taken care of. In time we'll grow to love ourselves, and then we'll be free of the need to overachieve.
I will accept my worthiness today and trust that my Higher Power has something wonderful in store for me.
From the book:
A Life of My Own by Karen Casey. © 1993 by Hazelden Foundation
June 25, 2014 - Step by Step
Step by Step
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Today, of all that I feel, I will feel gratitude foremost - gratitude for grabbing the lifeline that is AA, for the common sense to hold onto it, for the support, experience, strength and hope of all the people I have found here and, perhaps above all, for the gift of the chance to recover, to put all that pain, destruction, fear, self-pity and self-seeking behind me. And I will not reach into yesterday and bring its garbage into today but understand that my recovery is a day-to-day process regardless of how many 24 hours of sobriety I have been blessed with. And I will understand that the gratitude I feel today is, as the Big Book says, the birth of humility - and it is in humility that I feel all the good there is to feel in being sober today. And our common journey continues. Step by step. - Chris M., 2014
June 25, 2014 - Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
AA Thought for the Day
One of the most encouraging facts of life is that your weakness can become your greatest asset. Kites and airplanes rise against the wind. In climbing up a high mountain, we need the stony crags and rough places to aid us in our climb. So your weakness can become an asset if you will face it, examine it and trace it to its origin. Set it in the very center of your minds. No weakness, such as drinking, ever turned into an asset until it was first fairly faced.
Am I making my weakness my greatest asset?
Meditation for the Day
Whenever we seek to worship God, we think of the great universe that God rules over, of creation, of mighty law and order throughout the universe. Then we feel the awe that precedes worship. I, too, must feel awe, feel the desire to worship God in wondering amazement. My mind is in a box of space and time and it is so made that I cannot conceive of what is beyond space or time, the limitless and the eternal. But I know that there must be something beyond space and time, and that something must be the limitless and eternal Power behind the universe. I also know that I can experience that Power in my life.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may accept the limitless and eternal Spirit. I pray that it may express Itself in my life.
Hazelden Foundation
June 25, 2014 - A Day at a Time
A Day at a Time
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Reflection for the Day
If ever I come to the complacent conclusion that I don't need The Program any longer, let me quickly remind myself that it can do far more than carry me through the anguish of living in the bondage of addiction. Let me further remind myself that I can make even greater strides in fulfilling myself, for The Program and the Twelve Steps is a philosophy - a way of life.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Reflection for the Day
If ever I come to the complacent conclusion that I don't need The Program any longer, let me quickly remind myself that it can do far more than carry me through the anguish of living in the bondage of addiction. Let me further remind myself that I can make even greater strides in fulfilling myself, for The Program and the Twelve Steps is a philosophy - a way of life.
Will I ever out-grow my need for the Program?
Today I Pray
May my Higher Power lead me through the Twelve Steps, not just once, but again and again, until they become the guiding principles of my existence. This is no quickie seminar on improving the quality of my life; this is my life, restored to me through Divine Power and the friendship of my fellow addicts who, like me, are recovering in the best known way.
Today I Will Remember
Step by Step, from bondage to abundant life.
Hazelden Foundation
Today I Pray
May my Higher Power lead me through the Twelve Steps, not just once, but again and again, until they become the guiding principles of my existence. This is no quickie seminar on improving the quality of my life; this is my life, restored to me through Divine Power and the friendship of my fellow addicts who, like me, are recovering in the best known way.
Today I Will Remember
Step by Step, from bondage to abundant life.
Hazelden Foundation
June 25, 2014 - The Eye Opener
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
The fortunes amassed by the Carnegies, the Mellons, the Fords and the Rockefellers have been largely diverted to the welfare of man generally, yet their pooled resources multiplied thousands of times would not accomplish the good that resulted from the heritage left us by the Poorest Man that ever lived.
The power of wealth as compared with the power of Love is puny to the point of being unworthy of comparison.
If your pockets are not lined with gold but your heart is, you can still be a power, not only for this generation but for those yet unborn.
Hazelden Foundation
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Santorum sees "war" and "Christian persecution" by liberals on conservatives
Gay Boy Scouts to lead New York Pride parade for first time ever
The New Civil Rights Movement: June 24, 2014 - Boy Scouts To Lead New York Pride Parade - The New Civil Rights Movement
June 24, 2014 - Today's Gift from Hazelden
Today's thought from Hazelden is:
Don't quit five minutes before the miracle happens.
-- Anonymous
When we came into the Program, most of us had very little to show for our lives. We believed in nothing. We had experienced great disappointments. The greedy creditor that was our addiction had stripped away everything of meaning to us. We were left with nothing but pain and misery.
Now we hear incredible stories of recovery. People tell how, by following certain simple instructions and honestly working a Program, they were freed from the grasp of their addiction.
Every once in awhile we hear a story that sounds remarkably like our own. We are told that through work and the help of a Higher Power, we too can receive a miracle.
The most important miracle I can expect and count on each day is the freedom from my addiction. I can trust that if I stay close to the Program, the miracle will be repeated, one day at a time.
Don't quit five minutes before the miracle happens.
-- Anonymous
When we came into the Program, most of us had very little to show for our lives. We believed in nothing. We had experienced great disappointments. The greedy creditor that was our addiction had stripped away everything of meaning to us. We were left with nothing but pain and misery.
Now we hear incredible stories of recovery. People tell how, by following certain simple instructions and honestly working a Program, they were freed from the grasp of their addiction.
Every once in awhile we hear a story that sounds remarkably like our own. We are told that through work and the help of a Higher Power, we too can receive a miracle.
The most important miracle I can expect and count on each day is the freedom from my addiction. I can trust that if I stay close to the Program, the miracle will be repeated, one day at a time.
From the book:
Easy Does It © 1999 by Hazelden Foundation
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