Your
Daily Reprieve for Friday April 26, 2024 From Waynesville, NC |
Cease trying to work
everything out with your minds. It will get you
nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be
Revelation. “My soul remained a mystery
until my Higher Power settled inside me, appearing to me as a very
real feeling of love and caring. Kindness slowly took
precedence, and I became comfortable with the idea that I didn’t
need a drink.” ~“ Cornwall, Ontario, January
2005 Beware of the barrenness of
a busy life. If we do not try, we will
not know. -Ayya Khema, Be An Island You don't have to sit on
top of a mountain to discover what's right
for you. You always know in your
heart what you need to do. ~Liz Dolan |
Big Book Quote We alcoholics are
undisciplined. So we let God
discipline us in the simple way we have just outlined. P88 |
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Daily Reflection HAPPINESS IS NOT THE
POINT / don't think happiness or
unhappiness is the point. How do we meet the problems we
face? How do we best learn from them and transmit what we
have learned to others, if they would receive the
knowledge? AS BILL SEES IT, p. 306 In my search "to be
happy," I changed jobs, married and divorced, took geographical
cures, and ran myself into debt—financially,
emotionally and spiritually. In A.A., I'm learning to grow up.
Instead of demanding that people, places and things make me
happy, I can ask God for selfacceptance. When a problem overwhelms
me, A.A.'s Twelve Steps will help me
grow through the pain. The knowledge I gain can be a
gift to others who suffer with the same problem. As Bill said,
"When pain comes, we are expected to learn from it
willingly, and help others to learn. When happiness comes, we
accept it as a gift, and thank God for it." (As
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Pot Luck
It's been hard for
me to accept that recovery is about progress, not perfection. I’ve been in
the Program almost two years now and I am still having my share of bad days.
Hey, shouldn't it be easier than this? I came into the
Program thinking if I stop using, things would be 100% better. I still think
that way sometimes — all or nothing, black or white, yes or no. When I get this way,
I try to remember to quit looking for the magic. That makes my life much
simpler. My doubts whether recovery is worth it are fewer. I realize that
sobriety was just the first step; changing my life and how I deal with others
and myself is the new hard part. The times that are
really bad are when I'm by myself too much, get into self-pity, and again
think all or nothing. They say, "The alcoholic alone is in bad company.”
When I get like this I think, “What's the use?” I've backed myself into a
corner of self-obsession and think there's no way out. I think I can't stand
life's problems anymore. Then, suddenly the
Program provides an answer and the bad times pass. In this way, I am learning
to live with my (new) self. Before I came into
the Program I really had no freedom. I didn't understand the word. The only
things that gave me freedom were illusions — alcohol and drugs. So what I
really was, when I thought I was being free, was a prisoner. The prisoner of
an active addiction who didn't know it. I did know I was
miserable, I didn't know why. I thought I was under a curse. I was in a trap
and desperate to get out. That meant I was at the mercy of other people’s
whims, and only knew how to be what I thought other people wanted me to be. I
was always being blown around by the winds of circumstance. The very first
experience with freedom ever in my life was one someone said to me, “Do you
want to stop drinking and drugging?” And I said, “Yes,” realizing that I
really meant It. The second experience was when someone said to me “You never
need to get wasted again.” Both these ideas had never before reached my brain
and it was the first glimpse of reality and sanity for a really sick and
desperate person. The longer I stay in
recovery, the more I learn about freedom. “Shouldn't it be easier than this
is?” Is about freedom. Learning what’s wrong with me is freedom. Becoming
willing is about freedom. Changing is about freedom. All in all, it's not
easy, but it's worth it, every Step of the way. Stephen Beal,
Editor, Stepping Stones to Recovery for Men c1992
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