It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85
When I am in pain it is easy to stay close to the friends I have found in the programs. Relief from that pain is provided in the solutions contained in A.A.'s Twelve Steps. But when I am feeling good and things are going well, I can become complacent. To put it simply, I become lazy and turn into the problem instead of the solution. I need to get into action, to take stock: where am I and where am I going? A daily inventory will tell me what I must change to regain spiritual balance. Admitting what I find within myself, to God and to another human being, keeps me honest and humb
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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain.
In my recovery, I must always be aware of becoming complacent. It was always my down fall. After a couple of years, I would not go to meeting as often. I would find "other things to do". I would stop reading the BB, stop talking to my sponser, stop reminding myself that I'm an alcoholic. I would start hanging with my old friends who I shouldn't be with. Start doing things that I shouldn't. And the list goes on.
I must always remember that I'm an alcoholic and never get complacent about what it takes to stay sober.
what a great meditation! i swear lately everything or hear applies to my situation right now. inventory, YES! quite a few of you passed some suggestions on to me as i am sure i am not the only one who has ever felt this way (although, i am an extremely unique alcoholic, LOL). no, but onto the subject . . . complacency . . . i became complacent when all of the gifts and miracles of the program materialized in my life (go figure, the insanity of that statement is baffling). at any rate, i am feeling reawakened . . . and by God's grace i did not have to take a drink to realize my complacency. thank you for posting today's daily reflection!!!!!!
AA always has a way of giving me what I need, when I need it....sometimes before I even know I need it!
Putting my sobriety as priority #1 is what I must remind myself of daily....I'd forgotton that! I'd forgotten because things were 'good' in my life for a while........never again. Sobriety will come first. I know all too well what happens when it doesn't
(((hugs)))))
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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain.
