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bluidkiti · 09-07-2013, 08:32 AM

Day 04 - Stools & Bottles
Fourth Daily Reminder --
Hopefully, yet doubtfully, we came to our first AA meeting. There we found understanding and sympathy but gained no peace of mind. Still riding in the driver's seat, we were full of anxiety over the future. We saw AA working for others, but our case seemed hopeless. How could it work for us?

Daily Inventory --
Can loneliness and self-pity prevent AA progress? How can we overcome them? Does anxiety indicate lack of faith? Will AA work for us?

Suggested Meditation --
Loneliness gives us a strong incentive to drink. AA kills it with friendship. It's up to us to cultivate AA friends. Anxiety blocks 12 Step living. It indicates a lack of faith in God and is a form of fear. We need moral courage to live AA -- to vacate the driver's seat and to kill self-pity and fear. It also takes courage to face another drunk. AA works if we choose the right kind of courage.

Spiritual Contact --
Our Father, we pray for faith and spiritual courage to face our problems. Grant us wisdom to know our weakness and strength to rebuild our lives.

Physical Audit --
Alcoholics suffer from dietary disturbances because they have received about one-third of their calories from alcohol which contains no proteins, vitamins or minerals. Rehabilitative life in AA affords us an opportunity to progressively replenish the deficiency with a daily, balanced diet adequate for our physical needs and well-being.

09-07-2013, 08:32 AM	#4
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 70,608	Day 04 - Stools & Bottles Fourth Daily Reminder -- Hopefully, yet doubtfully, we came to our first AA meeting. There we found understanding and sympathy but gained no peace of mind. Still riding in the driver's seat, we were full of anxiety over the future. We saw AA working for others, but our case seemed hopeless. How could it work for us? Daily Inventory -- Can loneliness and self-pity prevent AA progress? How can we overcome them? Does anxiety indicate lack of faith? Will AA work for us? Suggested Meditation -- Loneliness gives us a strong incentive to drink. AA kills it with friendship. It's up to us to cultivate AA friends. Anxiety blocks 12 Step living. It indicates a lack of faith in God and is a form of fear. We need moral courage to live AA -- to vacate the driver's seat and to kill self-pity and fear. It also takes courage to face another drunk. AA works if we choose the right kind of courage. Spiritual Contact -- Our Father, we pray for faith and spiritual courage to face our problems. Grant us wisdom to know our weakness and strength to rebuild our lives. Physical Audit -- Alcoholics suffer from dietary disturbances because they have received about one-third of their calories from alcohol which contains no proteins, vitamins or minerals. Rehabilitative life in AA affords us an opportunity to progressively replenish the deficiency with a daily, balanced diet adequate for our physical needs and well-being. __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.