New Post on The Official Blog of The Way Out Podcast! Thoughts For The Day~*~Anger ^*^*^ December 13

Visit~~ AA Christmas ~~ ~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~^*^*^*^*^(\   ~~   /)(    \(AA)/    )(_ /AA\ _)/AA\^*^*^*^*^AngerIt is a spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, there is something wrong with us. If somebody hurts us and we are sore, we are in the wrong also. But are there no exceptions to this rule? What about "justifiable" anger? If somebody cheats us, aren't we entitled to be mad? Can't we be properly angry with self-righteous folk? For us of AA these are dangerous exceptions. We have found that justified anger ought to be left to those better qualified to handle it.c. 1952AAWSTwelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 90Thought to Consider . . . Anger is the hot wind that extinguishes the light of reason.*~*AACRONYMS*~*A N G E R  =  Any No-Good Energy Rising *~*^Just For Today!^*~* Traditions From "The Three Legacies of Alcoholics Anonymous": "Then in one of our larger centers the amazing story got around that the Foundation and the New York office and the book Alcoholics Anonymous were nothing but a huge racket. They had heard that the book Alcoholics Anonymous was making vast sums of money, that Dr. Bob and I [Bill W.] shared profits of $64,000 the year before" "The investigating committee's accountant read our modest financial statement aloud and testified to its correctness. The committee was crestfallen and we received an apology." "This was one of the test cases out of which A.A.'s Tradition respecting professionalism and paid workers was evolved. It was certain that I could not continue full time nor Bob devote more than half his working hours to A.A. unless we both had some definite source of steady income.  That would be contrary to the then-forming Tradition of no contributions from the outside world."2001 AAWS Inc.Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pgs. 193-94 *^Daily Reflections^*THINKING OF OTHERSOur very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 20 Thinking of others has never come easily to me.  Even when I try to work the A.A. program, I'm prone to thinking, "How do I feel today. Am I happy, joyous and free?" The program tells me that my thoughts must reach out to those around me: "Would that newcomer welcome someone to talk to?"  "That person looks a little unhappy today, maybe I could cheer him up."  It is only when I forget my problems, and reach out to contribute something to others that I can begin to attain the serenity and God-consciousness I seek.Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC. *~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*Random Quote - Time Versus MoneyOur attitude toward the giving of time when compared with our attitude toward giving money presents an interesting contrast. We give a lot of our time to A.A. activities for our own protection and growth, but also for the sake of our groups, our areas, A.A. as a whole, and, above all, the newcomer. Translated into terms of money, these collective sacrifices would add up to a huge sum. But when it comes to the actual spending of cash, particularly for A.A. service overhead, many of us are apt to turn a bit reluctant. We think of the loss of all that earning power in our drinking years, of those sums we might have laid by for emergencies or for education of the kids. In recent years, this attitude is everywhere on the decline; it quickly disappears when the real need for a given A.A. service becomes clear. Donors can seldom see what the exact result has been. They well know, however, that countless thousands of other alcoholics and their families are being helped.TWELVE CONCEPTS, pp. 64-65 *~*^Big Book Quote^*~* "If we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God take us to better things, we believe we will be forgiven and will have learned our lesson. If we are not sorry, and our conduct continues to harm others, we are quite sure to drink. We are not theorizing. These are facts out of our experience."Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th EditionHow It Works, pg. 70*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*A.A. Thought for the DayWe come now to A.A. fellowship. It is partly group therapy. It is partly spiritual fellowship. But it is even more. it is based on a common illness, a common failure, a common problem. It goes deep down into our personal lives and our personal needs. It requires a full opening up to each other of our inmost thoughts and most secret problems. All barriers between us are swept aside. They have to be. Then we try to help each other get well. The A.A. fellowship is based on a sincere desire to help each other get well. The A.A. fellowship is based on a sincere desire to help the other person. In A.A. we can be sure of sympathy, understanding, and real help. These things make the A.A. fellowship the best that we know. Do I fully appreciate the depth of the A.A. fellowship? Meditation for the DayThe Higher Power can guide us to the right decisions if we pray about them. We can believe that many details of our lives are planned by God and planned with a wealth of forgiving love for the mistakes we have made. We can pray today to be shown the right way. We can choose the good, and when we choose it, we can feel that the whole power of the universe is behind us. We can achieve a real harmony with God's purpose for our lives. Prayer for the DayI pray that I may choose aright today. I pray that I may be shown the right way to live today.Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012 ​You have 2 Options to Participate in the TransitionsDaily Email & Discussion Group:1.  To join the Private Announcement Only Google Group TransitionsDaily, send an email to TransitionsDaily@gmail.comwith “Join” in the subject line.  You will be manually added to the closed Google Group TransitionsDaily.  IF YOU ALREADY RECEIVE THE DAILY TOPIC EMAIL, NO ACTION IS NECESSARY ON YOUR PART TO CONTINUE. 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