9/12/2023 0 Comments Daily reflections aa small editionThe Daily Reflections turned out to not be much better in that respect. The 24 Hours a Day from Hazelden was popular, though not with me. We were happy to see it at the time: we needed something. For instance in the Big Book (page 29) he talks about the stories in the back of the book: “Each individual, in the personal stories, describes in his own language and from his own point of view…” – and then, not “the way he recovered” – but “the way he established his relationship with God”.ĭaily Reflections was published in 1990 when I was just a few years sober. It sets the general tone.īill Wilson had indeed said more or less outright that the purpose of AA is not so much sobriety as it is bringing us closer to god. They do give you a five day break without god after this one so you can recover a bit, but this is how the Daily Reflections start on January 1st. I now believe in miracles because I am one! Today, because of Alcoholics Anonymous, I now trust and rely on God, as I understand Him I am sober today because of that! Learning to trust and rely on God was something I could never have done alone. I always believed in God, but could never put that belief meaningfully into my life. This truly is a fact in my life today, and a real miracle. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us which we could never do by ourselves. The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous. I should have just thrown the damn thing over my shoulder and never looked back. I realize that the futility ranking of this project is on level with a scientific treatise on why they sell more Christmas trees in December than in July. In working all the Steps thoroughly, I not only stay sober and help someone else to achieve sobriety, but also I transform my difficulty with living into a joy of living.This is not the first time you may have heard me being down on the Daily Reflections, and it won’t be the last, but I’m going to approach it a bit more systematically in this article. Eventually I learned that it was necessary for me to "practice these principles" in all areas of my life. I was forgetting that there were a total of Twelve Steps and that the Twelfth Step also had more than one part. In the same way, I believed for a long time that, in order to be in tune with the Twelve Steps, it was enough for me "to carry this message to alcoholics." That was rushing things. and stopped drinking, it took a while before I understood why the First Step contained two parts: my powerlessness over alcohol, and my life's unmanageability. But unexpected things came out of our encounter, and my boss and I were able to agree to interact more directly and effectively in the future.įurthermore, how shall we come to terms with seeming failure or success? Can we now accept and adjust to either without despair or pride? Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and serenity? Can we steadfastly content ourselves with the humbler, yet sometimes more durable, satisfactions when the brighter, more glittering achievements are denied us? When I approached my boss and owned up to my hand in his difficulties, he was surprised. In discussing the affair, my co-worker tried to reassure me that an apology was not necessary, but I soon became convinced that I had to do something, regardless of how it might turn out. I knew that my report had created the problem, and began to feel responsible for my boss's difficulty. One day a co-worker informed me that my boss was really sore because a complaint, submitted over his head, had caused him much discomfort at the hands of his superiors. Life was exciting, and I even began to enjoy my work, becoming so bold as to issue a report on the lack of proper care for some of our clients. New friends were cropping up and some of my battered friendships had begun to be repaired. I was beginning to approach my new life of sobriety with unaccustomed enthusiasm. and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
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