Welcome to the AA Beginners Group 'Maintenance of Our Spiritual Condition' Period of Prayer & Meditation 'When we retire at night...' I am pasting this Assembly Agenda http://www.aabeginners.com/grouper/retire.html into the chat box right now. My name is __________. My last drink was on ____________. Opening Prayer God, Help me to grow in understanding and effectiveness. Please help me watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear. When these crop up, I ask you at once to remove them. Help me discuss them with someone immediately. Guide me to make amends quickly if I have harmed anyone. How can I best serve You? Your will (not mine) be done. Amen. [ASK THE PARTICIPANTS]: Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once? Were we kind and loving toward all? What could we have done better? Were we thinking of ourselves most of the time? Or were we thinking of what we could do for others, of what we could pack into the stream of life? But we must be careful not to drift into worry, remorse or morbid reflection, for that would diminish our usefulness to others. After making our review... God, we ask for forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken. [TAKE SOME QUIET TIME (few minutes) TO LISTEN TO GOD] [IN CLOSING, ASK]: Is there something you kept to yourself that you would like to say here? Any thoughts from your quiet time with Him? What were we grateful for today? [CLOSE WITH PRAYER]: Heavenly Father... (Anyone want to offer up a prayer?) Amen We resolutely turn our thoughts to someone we can help. Love and tolerance of others is our code