Reflections

                                                                        RECALL NOTICE
The Maker of all Human Beings is recalling all units manufactured, regardless of make or year, due to a serious
defect in the primary and central component of the mind and body. This is due to a malfunction in the original
prototype units code named Alcoholism, resulting in thereproduction of the same defect in all subsequent units.

            This defect has been technically termed "Subsequential Internal, Non-Morality," or more commonly
                                       known as defects of character, as it is primarily expressed.

      Some symptoms include: 1. Anger; 2. Self-pity; 3. Dishonesty: 4. Impatience; 5. False pride: 6. Fear
                     7. Resentment; 8. Laziness; 9. Envy; 10. Insincerity; 11. Intolerance; 12. Selfishness

           The Manufacturer, who is neither liable nor at fault for this defect, is, providing factory-authorized
                                 repair and service free of charge to correct these shortcomings.

The Repair Technician, herein referred to as God as you understand Him, has most generously offered to bear the entire burden of the staggering cost of these repairs.

There is no additional fee required. The number to call for repair in all areas is: 1-800-P-R-A-Y-E R.
Once connected, please upload your burden of shortcomings through the inventory procedure.

Next, download forgiveness from the Repair Technician, God as you understand Him, into the heart component

                No matter how big or small the defect of character is, God will replace it with:
         1. Love; 2. Self-forgetfulness; 3. Honesty; 4. Patience; 5. Humility; 6. Faith; 7. Forgiveness
                        8. Action; 9. Generosity; 10. Compassion; 11. Tolerance; 12. Service

Alcoholics Anonymous--the story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism.

WARNING: Continuing to operate the human being unit without correction voids any manufacturer warranties,
exposing the unit to dangers and problems too numerous to list, and will eventually result in the human unit being
permanently impounded. For free emergency service, call on your sponsor.

                         DANGER: The human being units never responding to this recall action
                will be doomed to repeat this cycle unless they follow the few simple rules above

Thank you for your attention!                GOD

Please assist where possible by notifying others of this important recall notice, and that they may contact Him
any time by "knee mail."

Author Unknown

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High Praise for the Charm of Recovering Alcoholics
By Fulton Oursler
There are times when I wish I were an alcoholic. I mean I wish I were a member of
Alcoholics Anonymous. The reason is that I consider the AA people the most charming
in the world. Such is my considered opinion. As a journalist, it has been my privilege
to meet many people who are considered charming. I number among my friends
stars and lesser lights on stage and cinema; writers are my daily diet; I know
ladies and gentlemen of both political parties; I have been entertained
in the White House; I've broken bread with kings, ambassadors and ministers;
and I say that I would prefer an evening with my AA friends to any person I've indicated.
I asked myself why I considered so charming these alcoholic caterpillars
who have found their butterfly wings in AA. There are more reasons than
one, but I can name a few. The AA people are what they are, and they are
what they were, because they are sensitive, imaginative, possessed of a
sense of humor, an awareness of the universal truth. They are sensitive,
which means they are hurt easily, and that helped them become alcoholics.
But when they found their restoration they are as sensitive as ever;
responsive to the beauty and the truth and eager about the intangible
glories of this life. That makes them charming companions.
They are possessed of a sense of universal truth, that is often new in
their heart. This fact that this at-one moment with God's universe had
never been awakened within them is the reason they drink. They have found a
power greater than themselves which they diligently serve. And that gives
them a charm that never was elsewhere on the land and sea; it makes you
know that God is charming, because the AA people reflect his mercy and
forgiveness. They are imaginative, and that helped make them alcoholics. Some of them
drank to flog their imaginations onto greater efforts. Others guzzled only
to block out unendurable visions that arose in their imaginations. But when
they found their restorations, their imagination is responsive to new
incantations and their talk abounds with color and might, and that makes
them charming companions, too. They are possessed a sense of humor. Even in
their cups they have known to be damnably funny. Often it was being forced
to take seriously the little and mean things of life that made them seek
their escape in the bottle. But when they found their restoration, their
sense of humor finds a blessed freedom and they are able to laugh at
themselves, the very height of self-conquest. Go to their meetings and listen to their laughter.
At what are they laughing? At ghoulish memories over which weaker souls would cringe in
useless remorse. And that makes them wonderful people to be with by candlelight.
Thanks Jeff B for E-mailing this to me
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ALCOHOL ALWAYS LIED TO ME

I Drank for Courage... and woke up night after night
horrified.
I Drank for Sophistication... and became crude.
I Drank to find Peace... and ignited a war within
myself.
I Drank to be Friendly... and became argumentative and
nasty.
I Drank to be Sexy... and turned people off.
I Drank so that I could Relate to Others... and I babbled.
I Drank to put down Loneliness... and found myself
retreating more and more into my shell.
I Drank to Relax... and woke up tense.
I Drank to be Entertaining... and became an obnoxious clown.
I Drank to Live More Fully... and contemplated suicide.
I Drank for Adventure... and discovered disaster.
I Drank to be more Honest... and insulted my friends.
I Drank to Quiet my Nerves... and woke up with hangover
jangles.
I Drank to Feel Better... and ended up sick and throwing up.
I Drank to have Fun... and passed out in the middle of the party.
I Drank to Pep Myself Up... and ended up exhausted.
I Drank to feel Successful... a Big Shot... but ended up a
failure.
I Drank for Security... and became afraid of my shadow.
I Drank to Feel Better about Myself... and ended up hating me.
I Drank to prove I could handle Alcohol... and ended up
knowing it controlled me.

A Friend asked...
"But surely, now that you've been Sober awhile, it
would take a lot of alcohol to put you back in that
condition."

"Just One Drink," I answered!

~Author Unknown

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