New Post on The Official Blog of The Way Out Podcast! Thoughts For The Day~*~Faith ^*^*^ January 2

​​ *~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~* ​​​^*^*^*^*^ (\    ~~    /) (    \(AA)/    ) (_ /AA\ _) / AA \ ^*^*^*^*^ Faith ​​When I was driven to my knees by alcohol,​ I was made ready to ask for the gift of faith.​And all was changed.​ Never again, my pains and problems notwithstanding,​ would I ​ ​experience my former desolation.​ I saw the universe to be lighted by God's love;​ I was ​ ​alone no more.​ Bill W., Letter, 1966 c. 1967AAWS, As Bill Sees It, p. 51 Thought to Consider . . .  Sorrow looks back, worry looks around,  and faith looks up. ​ *~*AACRONYMS*~* F A I T H =  Finding Answers In The Heart. ​ *~Just For Today~* Allergy From "It Might Have Been Worse": "The explanation that alcoholism was a disease of a two-fold nature, an allergy of the body and an obsession of the mind, cleared up a number of puzzling questions for me. The allergy we could do nothing about. Somehow our bodies had reached the point where we could no longer absorb alcohol in our systems. The why is not important; the fact is that one drink will set up a reaction in our system that requires more, that one drink is too much and a hundred drinks are not enough." 2001 AAWS Inc.Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 355 ​ *~Daily Reflections~* FIRST, THE FOUNDATION  Is sobriety all that we can expect of a spiritual awakening?  No, sobriety is only a bare beginning.  AS BILL SEES IT, p.  8  Practicing the A.A. program is like building a house.  First I had to pour a big, thick concrete slab on which to erect the house; that, to me, was the equivalent of stopping drinking.  But it's pretty uncomfortable living on a concrete slab, unprotected and exposed to the heat, cold, wind and rain.  So I built a room on the slab by starting to practice the program.  The first room was rickety because I wasn't used to the work.  But as time passed, as I practiced the program, I learned to build better rooms.  The more I practiced, and the more I built, the more comfortable, and happy, was the home I now have to live in. Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC. ​ *~As Bill Sees it~* ​ In God's Hands ​ When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God's hands were better than anything we could have planned. <<< ​ ​ >>> My depression deepened unbearably, and finally it seemed to me as though I were at the very bottom of the pit. For the moment, the last vestige of my proud obstinacy was crushed. All at once I found myself crying out, "If there is a God, let Him show Himself! I am ready to do anything, anything!" Suddenly the room lit up with a great white light. It seemed to me, in the mind's eye, that I was on a mountain and that a wind not of air but of spirit was blowing. And then it burst upon me that I was a free man. Slowly the ecstasy subsided. I lay on the bed, but now for a time I was in another world, a new world of consciousness. All about me and through me there was a wonderful feeling of Presence , and I thought to myself, "So this is the God of the preachers!" 1. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 1002. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 63  ​ *~Big Book Quote~* "Everybody knows that those in bad health, and those who seldom play, ​  do not laugh ​ ​ much. So let ​  each family play together or separately as ​  much as their circumstances ​ ​ warrant. We are sure God ​  wants us to be ​  happy, joyous, and free." Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 132 ​ *~Twenty Fours A Day~* A.A. Thought for the Day What makes A.A. work? The first thing is to have a revulsion against myself and my way of living. Then I must admit I was helpless, that alcohol had me licked and I couldn't do anything about it. The next thing is to honestly want to quit the old life. Then I must surrender my life to a Higher Power, put my drinking problem in His hands and leave it there. After these things are done, I should attend meetings regularly for fellowship and sharing. I should also try to help other alcoholics. Am I doing these things?  Meditation for the Day You are so made that you can only carry the weight of twenty-four hours, no more. ​I f you weigh yourself down with the years behind and the days ahead, your back breaks. God has promised to help with the burdens of the day only. ​I f you are foolish enough to gather again that burden of the past and carry it, then indeed you cannot expect God to help you bear it. So forget that which lies behind you and breathe in the blessing of each new day.  Prayer for the Day I pray that I may realize that, for good or bad, past days have ended. I pray that I may face each new day, the coming twenty-four hours, with hope and courage. 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