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bluidkiti · 09-07-2013, 08:34 AM

Day 07 - Stools & Bottles

Seventh Daily Reminder --
We cannot overemphasize the importance of admitting "our powerlessness over alcohol" or that "our lives had become unmanageable" because of our addiction to it. Lasting sobriety demands this admission. We should attribute our illness to alcoholism (a disease), rather than to lack of will power.

Daily Inventory --
Why must we admit our alcoholism? Is this an alibi for drinking? If we must stay sober in AA, why can't we do so through willpower?

Suggested Meditation --
AA starts working the moment we admit our alcoholism and ask for help to treat it. Admitting out need for help energizes the powerful forces of honesty and humility within us. They are the rudiments of recovery. Alcoholism is a disease which sickens our bodies and minds. We should ask God to heal our spiritual illness. We treat our bodies with medical care -- not with will power.

Spiritual Contact --
Our Father, we admit our alcoholism. Help us to recover from it. We wish to co-operate. Teach us how to rebuild our lives -- physically and spiritually.

Daily Physical Audit --
Probably all AA members should examined by a competent doctor to determine their liver conditions. Many have fatty livers and some have mild cirrhosis of the liver. The majority are free from this disease. We should know about our condition, however, and receive medical care when it is needed. Caught early enough, these diseases can be successfully treated.

09-07-2013, 08:34 AM	#7
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 70,608	Day 07 - Stools & Bottles Seventh Daily Reminder -- We cannot overemphasize the importance of admitting "our powerlessness over alcohol" or that "our lives had become unmanageable" because of our addiction to it. Lasting sobriety demands this admission. We should attribute our illness to alcoholism (a disease), rather than to lack of will power. Daily Inventory -- Why must we admit our alcoholism? Is this an alibi for drinking? If we must stay sober in AA, why can't we do so through willpower? Suggested Meditation -- AA starts working the moment we admit our alcoholism and ask for help to treat it. Admitting out need for help energizes the powerful forces of honesty and humility within us. They are the rudiments of recovery. Alcoholism is a disease which sickens our bodies and minds. We should ask God to heal our spiritual illness. We treat our bodies with medical care -- not with will power. Spiritual Contact -- Our Father, we admit our alcoholism. Help us to recover from it. We wish to co-operate. Teach us how to rebuild our lives -- physically and spiritually. Daily Physical Audit -- Probably all AA members should examined by a competent doctor to determine their liver conditions. Many have fatty livers and some have mild cirrhosis of the liver. The majority are free from this disease. We should know about our condition, however, and receive medical care when it is needed. Caught early enough, these diseases can be successfully treated. __________________ "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.