PurrrrrrFect

"Animals are reliable, many full of love,

true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal.

Difficult standards for people to live up to.” ~ Alfred A. Montapert

Why does man have to complicate everything.

Survival means being competitive, if you are a wild animal.

Civilization means to put away ones anger, jealousies,

and fear that someone may get more than they deserve.

Animals can be tamed and domesticated,

how about man??

Remember to do your best to promote

World Peace and Harmony today, act civilized.

Better yet , act like the person your dog thinks you are.

Love, Peace, and Goodwill among men, are not reserved

for seasonal celebrations.

It is nice to have, it is better to share.

If all you have to give today is love and kindness,

you are the richest person in the world.

Adopt the characteristics of your pet,

they have plenty of patience and tolerance for you.

Make your Higher Power the head of your house.

The unseen guest at every meal.

The silent listener to every conversation.

Laugh loudly, love deeply and do your best to make this a

PurrrrrrFect World.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

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ME and the Boss

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Promises Group

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Tuesday,

5:00 PM

Spring Hill,

Florida

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Went to a meeting

and a bunch of drunks talked about

the fourth of the 9th step promises

found on pages 84 and 85 of the

Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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"We will comprehend the word serenity

and we will know peace."

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Sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly,

the group shared about when they first felt serene,

when they learned to quiet the noisy mind

and they found peace.

After doing the steps, mostly the fourth and fifth,

when the wreckage of the past was identified,

many first discovered peace and serenity.

For some it was following the ninth step,

when the amends were made,

when the guilt and shame were relieved

following the admission of errors

made while under the influence.

Many long timers noted that they

continue to come to meetings

because this is where they recharge their batteries,

where they connect with their program

and subsequently regain that feeling

of serenity and peace,

especially when life is throwing

lemons and bricks at them.

Love a good meeting, thanks to Bobby W. for chairing.

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Common Strivings

. "We recovered alcoholics

are not so much

brothers in virtue

as we are brothers

in our defects,

and in our common strivings

to overcome them."


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Bill W. Letter, 1946

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A funny thing happened at the men's Friday meeting,

a young lady showed up.

She accompanied a couple of young men

and since they all said that they needed a meeting

they were invited to participate in the meeting.

The topic was the last nine pages of the Twelfth Step.

As usual, the sage men of the fellowship shared

their experience, strength and hope on the topic

and most expressed their gratitude for sobriety,

the program and a loving Higher Power.

My friend Brian now has a drivers license

but has yet to secure some wheels.

No big deal, I enjoy his company as we talk recovery

before and after the meetings.

God bless and may all of your meetings be better ones.

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Michael E.

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Saturday

February 21, 2015

1: 00  PM

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A friend has recently started

a Saturday afternoon meeting.

A few of us are showing up regularly however,

more support will be needed to keep the meeting going.

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It only takes two to have a meeting

and we were fortunate to have more than a few attend.

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Great meeting with the topic of "One day at a time"

The sharing related stories when, as new comers,

the thought was not drinking one day at a time

and as the twenty four hours passed the program

worked its magic the thoughts become how to live

a life doing the will of a Higher Power

one day at a time.

Everyone shared positive messages

of experience, strength and hope.
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Keep coming back ...

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ME and the Boss

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Gratitude

. Just a note while I ponder doing some yard work. . GRATITUDE . Thanks to a Higher Power and the rooms of AA I have a yard to ponder. I also have a life that is happy, joyous and free, a life where the choices I make today are mine. Prior to AA all choices were made for me by my disease. Where to go, when to go, who to go with, and the why was always to find alcohol and drink it in a place, with people, where I would not feel any guilt or shame for drinking the way my diseases wanted me to drink, and that was alcoholically. Following the suggestions I still attend meetings and the benefits I receive from the fellowship are many. The two most important benefits are lessons learned from the long timers on how to become a long timer and the lessons from the newcomer who point out the obvious, a drunk who drinks too much will usually find a lot of trouble, if trouble doesn't find him first. Time to go trim the lawn, God is good, all of the time. . Love, hugs and blessings... ME and the Boss . . . . ..

Incidence

. It is not a coincidence,

it is a God incidence,

 and the answer is always there.

Even before you thought to pray,

as soon as you thought to pray,

some time after you have prayed,

the answer will be given,

in God's time, not yours.

God knows when you are ready to receive the message.

Even if you miss the message the first twenty two times, God will continue to send

you messages of His will until you finally see the way. Every morning in your daily

readings, good book, bad book, newspaper, boob tube, internet or just by having the

fool driver in front of you stop in the middle of the road, for no apparent reason,

God is sending you answers to your prayers, even the prayers not spoken.

Slow down, enjoy life, be happy, spread the joy, be kind, be loving, be the good person

your Higher Power wants you to be.

"This week I encourage you to stop playing "my life would be perfect if," and start
playing "my perfect life." What's the difference? Three things: being in the present,
an attitude of gratitude, taking action with what's available now." ~ Betty Mahalik

Have an attitude of gratitude. Everyone is perfect, just the way a Higher Power wants

them to be, so that they can better do His will, that is unless you have decided that today

you are going to be God's critic and you are going to establish the parameters for what

is or is not perfect.

Good luck.

It is no coincidence when two people become friends,  lovers, soul mates or the mates

luck, miracle
from hell, God had his fingers in the incident.

"There is nothing more admirable than two people who see eye-to-eye keeping house
as man and wife, confounding their enemies, and delighting their friends." ~ Homer

A coincidence is a small miracle in which God chooses to remain anonymous,

a God incidence which we must accept, do not look for the whys and wherefores,

enjoy the lesson, let God be God and let you be you.

Happiness is knowing that there are no coincidences, only God incidences.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

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ME and the Boss