Friday, March 2, 2018
Today's Gift
Action for the Day: Today I will look at anger I'm carrying around which could be released.
Tradition Three
"Our membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism. Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover. Nor ought A.A. membership ever depend upon money or conformity. Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation."
At last experience taught us that to take away any alcoholic's full chance was
sometimes to pronounce his death sentence, and often to condemn him to endless misery.
Who dared to be judge, jury, and executioner of his own sick brother?
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 141
Thought to Ponder
The Twelve Steps tell us how it works; the Twelve Traditions tell us why it works.
AA-related 'Alconym'
T R U S T = Teaching Recovery Using Steps and Traditions
You can take it
When we do for other people what they should do for themselves, we both stay stuck. -Unknown Author
Perhaps it's human nature to grow and change only when we have to. Unrelenting pain can serve as a motivator. Sometimes ultimatums are effective too. But making excuses for others or taking over their responsibilities, even when it's for their benefit, never inspires change. We're learning that the only change we can be certain of is one we make in ourselves.
One of the first changes we can make is to let go of others: their opinions, their behavior, and their responsibilities. Our need for them to fulfill our expectations is related to our insecurity, not theirs. Every time we preach or take on others' duties, we must recognize that we are preventing much-needed growth, ours and theirs.
Our intentions might always have been good. But the time has come to let others live their own lives. It's quite enough to take care of ourselves.
I will not do someone else's task today. Growth comes from each of us being responsible for ourselves.
From the book A Life of My Own by Karen Casey. ©
From: Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation - Thought for the Day http://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/recovery/thought-for-the-day
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Keep It Simple
I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. --William Blake
We have a right to claim our own feelings. Sometimes we get angry, but hold it inside because we think it's wrong to feel it. If anger builds inside us, it expands like a balloon ready to burst. If not released, it can make us depressed, or even physically ill. When we give ourselves permission to feel anger, we are better able to get rid of it in a healthy way. Our inner voice can tell us how to let go of our anger. And once we've released it, we can easily get in touch with the feelings that caused it.
When we recognize our anger for what it is--one feeling among many others that makes us unique--it loses its significance, and we can prevent it from consuming us. Indira Ghandi said, "You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist." When we let go of our anger we can honestly embrace each other with open arms.
I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. --William Blake
We have a right to claim our own feelings. Sometimes we get angry, but hold it inside because we think it's wrong to feel it. If anger builds inside us, it expands like a balloon ready to burst. If not released, it can make us depressed, or even physically ill. When we give ourselves permission to feel anger, we are better able to get rid of it in a healthy way. Our inner voice can tell us how to let go of our anger. And once we've released it, we can easily get in touch with the feelings that caused it.
When we recognize our anger for what it is--one feeling among many others that makes us unique--it loses its significance, and we can prevent it from consuming us. Indira Ghandi said, "You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist." When we let go of our anger we can honestly embrace each other with open arms.
Action for the Day: Today I will look at anger I'm carrying around which could be released.
From: Bluidkiti's Alcohol and Drug Addictions Recovery Help/Support Forums Daily Recovery Readings - http://www.bluidkiti.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=2
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One Day At A Time
Tradition Three
"Our membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism. Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover. Nor ought A.A. membership ever depend upon money or conformity. Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation."
At last experience taught us that to take away any alcoholic's full chance was
sometimes to pronounce his death sentence, and often to condemn him to endless misery.
Who dared to be judge, jury, and executioner of his own sick brother?
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 141
Thought to Ponder
The Twelve Steps tell us how it works; the Twelve Traditions tell us why it works.
AA-related 'Alconym'
T R U S T = Teaching Recovery Using Steps and Traditions
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
You can take it
by Ralph Marston
You can take disappointment and channel it into determination. You can take criticism and use it to change weakness into strength.
You can take a difficult problem and find the positive opportunities in it. You can take an idea and develop it into a valuable advantage.
You can take what doesn’t work and figure out how to improve it so it works well. You can take what does work on a small scale and expand it into new and larger endeavors.
You can take confusion, disorder, noise, and craft it into structure, focus and harmony. You can take a dreary situation and inject fresh energy and enthusiasm into it.
You can do all this by engaging your intention, driven by the power of positive purpose. Every moment is subject to change, and you can choose to make those changes beneficial for yourself and those around you.
Whatever life sends your way, you can take it. And with it you can make something great.
You can take disappointment and channel it into determination. You can take criticism and use it to change weakness into strength.
You can take a difficult problem and find the positive opportunities in it. You can take an idea and develop it into a valuable advantage.
You can take what doesn’t work and figure out how to improve it so it works well. You can take what does work on a small scale and expand it into new and larger endeavors.
You can take confusion, disorder, noise, and craft it into structure, focus and harmony. You can take a dreary situation and inject fresh energy and enthusiasm into it.
You can do all this by engaging your intention, driven by the power of positive purpose. Every moment is subject to change, and you can choose to make those changes beneficial for yourself and those around you.
Whatever life sends your way, you can take it. And with it you can make something great.
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