AA *Motto--"Easy Does It"

AA's motto, "Easy Does It", means that we just go along in AA and doing the best we can and not getting steamed over problems that arise in AA or outside AA. We alcoholics are emotional people and not often moderate in many things. This reading from "24 Hours A Day" reminds us that we are not running the world and asks us: "Have I learned to take it easy?" Then we are led in prayer to go to God as a refuge until fear goes and peace and security come.

Transcript

24 hours a day.

AA thought for the day.

Another of the mottos of AA is,

Easy does it.

This means that we just go along in AA,

Doing the best we can,

And not getting steamed up over problems that arise in AA or outside of it.

We alcoholics are emotional people,

And we've gone to excess in almost everything we've done.

We have not been moderate in many things.

We have not known how to relax.

Faith in a higher power can help us to learn to take it easy.

We're not running the world.

I am only one among many.

We are resolved to live normal,

Regular lives.

From our AA experience,

We learn that,

Easy does it.

Have I learned to take it easy?

Meditation for the day.

The eternal God is thy refuge,

And underneath are the everlasting arms.

Sheltering arms express the loving protection of God's Spirit.

Human beings,

In their troubles and difficulties,

Need nothing so much as a refuge.

A place to relax where they can lay down their burdens and get relief from cares.

Say to yourself,

God is my refuge.

Say it until its truth sinks into your very soul.

Say it until you know it and are sure of it.

Nothing can seriously upset you or make you afraid,

If God is truly your refuge.

Prepare for the day.

I pray that I may go each day to God as a refuge until fear goes and peace and serenity come.

I pray that I may feel deeply secure in the Haven of His Spirit.