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Spiritual Healing

Thought for Today
When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically.
-- Alcoholics Anonymous, Chapter 5, How It Works, page 64

Sharing

Thought for Today
What impresses us most at an A.A. meeting is the willingness to share, without holding anything back. And pretty soon we find ourselves sharing also. We start telling our own experiences and by so doing we help the other person.
-- Twenty-Four Hours a Day

Defiance

Thought for Today
Defiance is the outstanding characteristic of many an alcoholic. When we encountered AA, the fallacy of our defiance was revealed. At no time had we asked what God's will was for us; instead we had been telling Him what it ought to be. No man, we saw, could believe in God and defy Him, too. Belief meant reliance, not defiance.
-- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, page 57

Sensitive People

Thought for Today
We alcoholics are sensitive people. It takes some of us a long time to outgrow that serious handicap.
-- Alcoholics Anonymous, Chapter 9, The Family Afterward, page 125

Raised from the Dead

Thought for Today
My friend sat before me, and he made the point blank declaration that God had done for him what he could not do for himself. His human will had failed. . . He had, in effect, been raised from the dead, suddenly taken from the scrap heap to a level of life better than the best he had ever known!
-- Alcoholics Anonymous, Chapter 1, Bill's Story, page 11

Your Own Special Excellence

Thought for Today
Life is filled with frustration, pain, inconvenience, disappointment and all sorts of other troubles. And in every frustration, in every inconvenience, in every difficulty is an opportunity to make life better.
-- The Daily Motivator