http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/ AA General Santos City Philippines Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:54:21 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3391 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3391 "Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our activities. "How can I best serve Thee—Thy will (not mine) be done." These Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:59:57 GMT archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3390 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3390 Helping another alcoholic stop drinking is like delivering a baby; we're at the creation of a new life. WHY I DRANK, INSANITY From the movie My Name is Bill Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:42:35 GMT archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3389 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3389 God tends not to display His power in the form of mighty physical acts; instead He works to change people's lives. It is during those times when we feel most Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:23:49 GMT Jeffrey thompson http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3388 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3388 Reminder: The new Gensan Big Book AA meeting is held every Thursday at Our Lady Of Peace and Good Voyage located in General Santos City, Philippines across Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:11:10 GMT Jeffrey thompson http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3387 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3387 *~*~*~*~*^A^sBill SeesIt*~*~*~*~* Material Achievement No member of A.A. wants to deprecate material achievement. Nor do we enter into debate with the many who Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:09:17 GMT Jeffrey thompson http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3386 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3386 ~*~A~.A. Thoughts ForTheDay*~ ^*^*^*^*^ (\  ~~~ /) (   \(AA)/  ) (_   /AA\ _)   /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Martyrdom Self-pity is one of the most unhappy and Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:03:30 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3385 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3385 Daily Reflections GETTING THE "SPIRITUAL ANGLE"   How often do we sit in AA meetings and hear the speaker declare, "But I haven't yet got the spiritual Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:29:42 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3384 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3384 Today's thought from Hazelden is: To avoid pain at all costs forces us to reject half the lessons life can teach. --Jan Pishok If we could remember that every Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:08:32 GMT Jeffrey thompson http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3383 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3383 *~*~*~*~*^A^sBill SeesIt*~*~*~*~* Dealing with Resentments Resentment is the Number One offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:07:57 GMT Jeffrey thompson http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3382 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3382 ~*~A~.A. Thoughts ForTheDay*~ ^*^*^*^*^ (\  ~~~ /) (   \(AA)/  ) (_   /AA\ _)   /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Vigilance Now that we're in AA and sober, and winning Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:24:29 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3381 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3381 "Opinions vary considerably as to why the alcoholic reacts differently from normal people. We are not sure why, once a certain point is reached, little can be Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:53:56 GMT archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3380 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3380 For some of us stopping drinking was easy, we'd done it plenty of times, the trick is staying stopped. MEMBERS WITH LONG-TERM SOBRIETY NEED WATCING For all the Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:56:16 GMT archie http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3379 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3379 God specializes in impossible situations. There is no place or time we cannot pray. THE 10 OTHER COMMANDMENTS 1. Thou shall not worry needlessly over mistakes. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:22:20 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3378 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3378 Daily Reflections CONVINCING "MR. HYDE"   Even then, as we hew away,   peace and joy will still elude us.  That's the place so many of us A.A. oldsters Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:04:20 GMT Patricia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3377 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAgensanphilippines/message/3377 Today's thought from Hazelden is: Disappointment and Frustration Many of us, whether we are conscious of it or not, create much of the unhappiness we