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bluidkiti · 09-08-2013, 10:55 AM

Day 8 - Stools & Bottles

Eighth Daily Reminder --
Surely, there is insanity in alcoholism -- not only in the first drink but in the endless drunks which followed. Having failed to stop drinking under our own power, we have reached the end of human resources. AA suggests that we surrender our insane behavior to the care of a Higher Power.

Daily Inventory --
Is there mental illness in our alcoholism? Are we helpless against it? How can we overcome it? Must our help come from a Higher Power?

Suggested Meditation --
As we weigh the insanity of alcoholism, we must face the fact that no matter how honest our resolve or how sane our plan -- we always managed to get plastered. Few persons equaled us in stupidity or self-deception. We alibied our mistakes but refused to profit from them. Filled with liquor and distorted ideas, we lacked the sanity of self-preservation which only God can give to a drinking alcoholic.

Spiritual Contact --
Our Father, make us realize the insanity of our drinking behavior. Give us faith in Your Power to restore in us the instinct of self-preservation.

Daily Physical Audit --
AA tells us that we are sick in body and mind, saying, "in our belief ... any picture which leaves out this physical factor is incomplete." Health aids sobriety. Let's not neglect it. Sensible precaution may save us the unhappy experience of a relapse. It may uncover the presence of disease in time for preventive care.

09-08-2013, 10:55 AM	#8
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 70,608	Day 8 - Stools & Bottles Eighth Daily Reminder -- Surely, there is insanity in alcoholism -- not only in the first drink but in the endless drunks which followed. Having failed to stop drinking under our own power, we have reached the end of human resources. AA suggests that we surrender our insane behavior to the care of a Higher Power. Daily Inventory -- Is there mental illness in our alcoholism? Are we helpless against it? How can we overcome it? Must our help come from a Higher Power? Suggested Meditation -- As we weigh the insanity of alcoholism, we must face the fact that no matter how honest our resolve or how sane our plan -- we always managed to get plastered. Few persons equaled us in stupidity or self-deception. We alibied our mistakes but refused to profit from them. Filled with liquor and distorted ideas, we lacked the sanity of self-preservation which only God can give to a drinking alcoholic. Spiritual Contact -- Our Father, make us realize the insanity of our drinking behavior. Give us faith in Your Power to restore in us the instinct of self-preservation. Daily Physical Audit -- AA tells us that we are sick in body and mind, saying, "in our belief ... any picture which leaves out this physical factor is incomplete." Health aids sobriety. Let's not neglect it. Sensible precaution may save us the unhappy experience of a relapse. It may uncover the presence of disease in time for preventive care. __________________ "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.