Category: Sober Living Inspiration

For Today:

For Today:

“Once more: the alcoholic at certain times has no

effective mental defense against the first drink.

Except in a few rare cases, neither he nor any other

human being can provide such a defense. His defense

must come from a Higher Power.”

Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 43

More About Alcoholism

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For Today:

“He finally realizes that he has undergone a profound

alteration in his reaction to life; that such a change

could hardly have been brought about by himself alone.”

Alcoholics Anonymous, 4^th Edition, pg. 567

Appendix Two – Spiritual Experience

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For Today:

“Most of us think that this awareness of a Power greater

than ourselves is the essence of spiritual experience.”

Alcoholics Anonymous, 4^th Edition, pg. 568

Appendix Two – Spiritual Experience

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For Today:

“I can watch my serenity level rise

when I discard my expectations.”

Alcoholics Anonymous, 4^th Edition, pg. 420

Acceptance Was The Answer

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For Today:

“Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God’s world by mistake.”

Alcoholics Anonymous, 4^th Edition, pg. 417

Acceptance Was The Answer

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For Today:

“We are in the world to play the role He assigns.

Just to the extent that we do as we think He would

have us, and humbly rely on Him, does He enable us

to match calamity with serenity.”

Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 68

How It Works

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For Today:

“We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer

running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many

times each day ‘Thy will be done.’ We are then in

much less danger of excitement, fear, anger, worry,

self-pity, or foolish decisions.”

Alcoholics Anonymous, pgs. 87 & 88

Into Action

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For Today:

“Prayer is the raising of the heart and mind to God.”

12 Steps & 12 Traditions, pg. 102

Step Eleven

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For Today:

“I have a conscious daily contact with my Creator today, and

He loves me. Everything is sacred as a result of the Twelve Steps

and the love and recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous.”

Alcoholics Anonymous, 4^th Edition, pg. 469

Listening To The Wind

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