Subject: Fwd: Today, Tuesday, January 25, 2011
From: "Paul" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Spencer Allen" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:56:02 -0500

Hey - are you guys alive? Let me know that you are getting these  
readings.

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> Subj: Today, Tuesday, January 25, 2011
>
> January 25:  For us alcoholics, it got so that we depended on  
> drinking for almost everything. Have I gotten over that dependence  
> on drinking?
> This is January, the 1st month of the year;
> •        The 1st Tradition:  Our common welfare should come first; p 
> ersonal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.
> •        The 1st Step:  We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-- 
> that our lives had become unmanageable.
> •        The 1st Promise:  If we are painstaking about this phase [S 
> teps 8 & 9] of our development, we will be amazed before we are half 
>  way through.
> __________________
>
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> We used to depend on drinking for a lot of things. We depended on  
> drinking to help us enjoy things. It gave us a "kick." It broke down  
> our shyness and helped us to have a "good time." We depended on  
> drinking to help us when we felt low physically. If we had a  
> toothache or just a hangover, we felt better after a few drinks. We  
> depended on drinking to help us when we felt low mentally. If we’d h 
> ad a tough day at work or if we'd had a fight with our loved one, or 
>  if things just seemed against us, we felt better under the influenc 
> e of alcohol. For us alcoholics, it got so that we depended on drink 
> ing for almost everything. Have I gotten over that dependence on dri 
> nking?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> I believe that complete surrender of my life to God is the  
> foundation of serenity. God has prepared for us many mansions. I do  
> not look upon that promise as referring only to the afterlife. I do  
> not look upon this life as something to be struggled through, in  
> order to get the rewards of the next life. I believe that the  
> Kingdom of God is within us and we can enjoy "eternal life” here and 
>  now.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may try to do God's will. I pray that such  
> understanding, insight, and vision shall be mine as shall make my  
> life eternal, here and now.
>
> Source: Twenty-Four Hours a Day,    Richmond Walker, Copyright © 197 
> 5, Hazeldon Foundation, printed in the USA.   Editor’s note: This bo 
> ok was compiled by Richmond Walker (1892–1965) of the Group at Dayto 
> na Beach, Florida.
>
> _________________
>
> The following is Excerpt No. 221  from As Bill Sees It : “God Will N 
> ot Desert Us”
>
>         Word comes to me that you are making a magnificent stand in  
> adversity - this adversity being the state of your health. It gives  
> me a chance to express my gratitude for your recovery in A.A. &  
> especially for the demonstration of its principles you are now so  
> inspiringly giving to us all.
>
>         You will be glad to know that A.A.s have an almost unfailing  
> record in this respect. This, I think, is because we are so aware  
> that God will not desert us when the chips are down; indeed, He did  
> not when we were drinking & so it should be with the remainder of  
> life.
>
>         Certainly, He does not plan to save us from all troubles &  
> adversity. Nor, in the end, does He save us from so called death  
> since this but an opening of a door into a new life, where we shall  
> dwell among His many mansions. Touching these things I know you have  
> a most confident faith.
>
>         letter 1966
>
> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by 
>  Alcoholics Anonymous ®
>
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