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bluidkiti · 09-07-2013, 08:33 AM

Day 05 - Stools & Bottles
Fifth Daily Reminder --
Our book states that we either kill self-centeredness or that it will kill us; that we are "extreme examples of self-will run riot" -- would-be big shots, unable to run our own lives. This seems unbelievable and hard to admit yet we cannot recover until we do admit and fully believe it.

Daily Inventory --
How about self-centeredness? Will it ruin us? Do we live unstable lives? Is today the time to stop this "I" complex and start living in terms of "We"?

Suggested Meditation --
Self-centeredness opposed every spiritual principle. Alcoholics have always met defeat by defying these principles. By playing God, by drinking and bragging, "I did this - I did that - if it hadn't been for me," we rationalized in alcoholic bunk. We mistook insanity and slavery for power and freedom. AA will help us overcome this slavery. Our first step toward freedom, however, lies in freedom from self.

Spiritual Contact --
Our Father, forgive us our self-centeredness and the harm it has caused others. We pray for knowledge of Thy will for us. Thy will be done.

Daily Physical Audit --
Members often arrive in AA on the verge of delirium and physical exhaustion. They need hospitalization, rest, medical care and physical rebuilding by intravenous and normal feeding.

We should not forget that a narcotic as powerful as alcohol has damaged our bodies. Nature needs our help and cooperation to overcome this damage. We slow up our recovery when we ignore this fact.

09-07-2013, 08:33 AM	#5
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 70,608	Day 05 - Stools & Bottles Fifth Daily Reminder -- Our book states that we either kill self-centeredness or that it will kill us; that we are "extreme examples of self-will run riot" -- would-be big shots, unable to run our own lives. This seems unbelievable and hard to admit yet we cannot recover until we do admit and fully believe it. Daily Inventory -- How about self-centeredness? Will it ruin us? Do we live unstable lives? Is today the time to stop this "I" complex and start living in terms of "We"? Suggested Meditation -- Self-centeredness opposed every spiritual principle. Alcoholics have always met defeat by defying these principles. By playing God, by drinking and bragging, "I did this - I did that - if it hadn't been for me," we rationalized in alcoholic bunk. We mistook insanity and slavery for power and freedom. AA will help us overcome this slavery. Our first step toward freedom, however, lies in freedom from self. Spiritual Contact -- Our Father, forgive us our self-centeredness and the harm it has caused others. We pray for knowledge of Thy will for us. Thy will be done. Daily Physical Audit -- Members often arrive in AA on the verge of delirium and physical exhaustion. They need hospitalization, rest, medical care and physical rebuilding by intravenous and normal feeding. We should not forget that a narcotic as powerful as alcohol has damaged our bodies. Nature needs our help and cooperation to overcome this damage. We slow up our recovery when we ignore this fact. __________________ "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.