In the beginning, the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous would pass a hat during a meeting with the hope that a few attendees would contribute a coin or two.
In the years since, it's common to donate a dollar bill at a meeting. With rising costs everywhere we look, today many groups ask that we donate 2 dollars.
We all give what we can, but part of the magic of AA is the freedom we all have. I don't have to donate any money at all if I don't feel like it.
look at some personal pictures of more givers HERE
todAAy i AAm grAAteful & thAAnkful
that I am usually comfortable with who I am
that I had the privelege of hearing a man with 9 months of sobriety tell how he came to be in AA. He is another reminder of the daily miracle we are all blessed with.
that I was born with so much
for changes ...
... in my thinking
... in my actions
to see a lot of visual progress in my bathroom remodelling project
If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing double dahlias in his garden. He will not be searching for happiness as if it were a collar button that has rolled under the radiator.
-W. Beran Wolfe
todAAy i AAm grAAteful & thAAnkful
that I am usually comfortable with who I am
that I had the privelege of hearing a man with 9 months of sobriety tell how he came to be in AA. He is another reminder of the daily miracle we are all blessed with.
that I was born with so much
for changes ...
... in my thinking
... in my actions
to see a lot of visual progress in my bathroom remodelling project
If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing double dahlias in his garden. He will not be searching for happiness as if it were a collar button that has rolled under the radiator.
-W. Beran Wolfe
9 comments:
Too busy being happy to search for happiness.
Your quote today is right where I'm at! I wonder why that's so hard to "get" sometimes....like some long mathmatical problem.
In the years I have been in A.A. the price of everything has gone up but, we still throw a dollar in the basket. Thanks for the reminder
I would willingly spend money on the drink so I am just as willing to help pay for rent and coffee.
"for changes ...
... in my thinking
... in my actions"
Amen brotha!
I have to not watch the basket pass around the room. Seeing those that never contribute after AA has given them years of sobriety sets my character defects to shine brightly.
Talking about character defects, boy did mine shine brightly for the last couple days. I was searching for happiness but kept seeing everything through sadness. One member of my support group told me that I could make a decision to be happy. I couldn't do it. But I could do the things that I know will help: go to meetings, pray, read the literature, etc. Glad I'm coming out of it. Good post, Daave. Got a lot out of it.
Dear dAAve,
Happiness has settled on me like a butterfly this morning.
Talking, crying, seeking help, praying, all that has lifted me from that alienating depression I was in for a few days.
I look forward to the day in front of me.
Love you
Thanks for sharing a picture of a dollar. Many newcomers don't have a dollar left...Great post dAAve.
I always give two dollars at meetings.
Hi, Dave. I read your blog and MC's almost every day. You make me smile (and a lot of times laugh out loud)
Willa - 588 sober days
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