Alcoholic Anonymous - Daily Ponderables - Together we trudge the
Road of Happy Destiny – Saturday, 11 January 2014 - Daily Reflections “THE 100%
STEP”
Only Step One, where we made the 100 percent admission we were
powerless over alcohol, can be practiced with absolute perfection. (TWELVE
STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, page 68)
Long before I was able to obtain sobriety in A. A., I knew
without a doubt that alcohol was killing me, yet even with this knowledge, I
was unable to stop drinking. So when faced with Step One, I found it easy to admit
that I lacked the power to not drink. But was my life unmanageable? Never! Five
months after coming into A.A., I was drinking again and wondered why.
Later on, back in A.A. and smarting from my wounds, I learned
that Step One is the only Step that can be taken 100%. And that the only way to
take it 100% is to take 100% of the Step. That was many twenty-four hours ago
and I haven't had to take Step One again. (From the book Daily Reflections ©
Copyright 1990 by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.)
Twenty-Four Hours A Day
A.A. Thought for the Day
When we were drinking, most of us never thought of helping
others. We liked to buy drinks for people, because that made us feel like big
shots. But we only used others for our own pleasure. To really go out and try
to help somebody who needed help never occurred to us. To us, helping others
looked like a sucker's game. But when we came into A.A., we began to try to
help others. And we found out that helping others made us happy and also helped
us to stay sober. Have I learned that there is happiness in helping others?
Meditation for the Day
I will pray only for strength and that God's will be done. I
will use God's unlimited store of strength for my needs. I will seek God's will
for me. I will strive for consciousness of God's presence, for He is the light
of the world. I have become a pilgrim, who needs only marching orders and
strength and guidance for this day.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may seek God's guidance day by day. I pray that I
may strive to abide in God's presence. (From the book Twenty-Four Hours a Day ©
Copyright 1975 by Hazelden Foundation)
NA - Just for Today
Faith
“As we develop faith in our daily lives, we find that our Higher
Power supplies us with the strength and guidance that we need.” (Basic Text, page
94)
Some of us come into recovery very frightened and insecure. We
feel weak and alone. We are uncertain of our direction and don’t know where to
go for answers. We are told that if we find some faith in a Power greater than
ourselves, we will find security and guidance. We want that feeling of safety
and strength. But faith doesn’t come overnight. It takes time and effort to
grow.
The seed is planted when we ask our Higher Power for help and
then acknowledge the source of our help when it comes. We nurture the tiny seed
of faith with the sunlight of our prayers each day. Our faith grows a reward
for living life on its own terms. One day we realize our faith has become like
a huge spreading tree; it doesn’t stop the storms of life, but we know that we
are safe in its shelter.
Just for today: I know that faith in my Higher Power will not
calm the storms of life, but it will calm my heart. I will let my faith shelter
me in times of trouble. (From the book Just for Today © Copyright 1991-2013 by
Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc.)
Thought for Today
"Life doesn't define who you are. YOU make life what it
is." (Julie Liljenquist)
"Everyone comes into the rooms with baggage, and they find
people who love them enough to help them unpack." (Thanks Juke Joint Judy)
Buddha/Zen Thoughts
Faith is the basis of the path, the mother of virtue; it
nourishes all roots of goodness. (Wu-chien)
Native American
"Race and language makes no difference; the barriers are
gone when persons can come together on high spiritual levels." (Rolling
Thunder, CHEROKEE)
Not only are race and language barriers overcome by
spirituality, but all things are overcome by spirituality. Inside every human
being is the spirit. When we see people, we can choose to look at their outside
or we can choose to look at their inside. Spirituality resides inside of others
we must be able to look at our own inside. If we see spirituality inside
ourselves, we will see spirituality inside others. The saying is, "what
you see is what you get."
My Creator, let me see all my brothers and sisters through the
spiritual eye.
Keep It Simple
If there is a harder way of doing something, someone will find
it. (Ralph E. Ross)
When we used alcohol or other drugs, we did most things the hard
way. We could turn a simple task into a day-long project. We could turn a
simple problem into an argument. We were creative giants in doing things the
hard way! We need to change this. We deserve easier lives. It's okay to take
the smooth road.
In our program, we have slogans for this: Keep It Simple, Let Go
and Let God, First Things First, and Easy Does It. These slogans remind us that
it's okay to live with as little trouble as possible.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, show me how to live a simple
life. I don't have to do everything the hard way if I listen better to YOU.
Action for the Day: I'll list three or four things I do that
makes my life harder than it needs to be. I'll share them with a friend.
Big Book
"We feel we are on the Broad Highway, walking hand in hand
with the Spirit of the Universe." (Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into
Action, Page 75)
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If you're not enjoying your sobriety it's your own damn fault
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