Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now. Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have -- the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery for them. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 124
What a gift it is for me to realize that all those seemingly useless years were not wasted.The most degrading and humiliating experiences turn out to be the most powerful tools in helping others to recover. In knowing the depths of shame and despair, I can reach out with a loving and compassionate hand, and know that the grace of God is available to me.
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* We eventually realize that just as the pains of alcoholism had to come before sobriety, emotional turmoil comes before serenity. *
"showing others who suffer how we were given help", includes members of our families, co-workers and neighbors by our example of recovery, by the amends we make and by the improved way that we deal with things, as well as by the Serenity that we can maintain in even adverse circumstances,,, the fulfillment of the Promises,,, so that they will want what we have.
Boy, that's a tall order, isn't it? Progress and not perfection.
amanda
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do your best and God does the rest, a step at a time
What a gift it is for me to realize that all those seemingly useless years were not wasted.The most degrading and humiliating experiences turn out to be the most powerful tools in helping others to recover.
The first thing that came to my mind was " we shall not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it"...... Thanks Amanda for shedding more light on that for me.
Love You!
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* We eventually realize that just as the pains of alcoholism had to come before sobriety, emotional turmoil comes before serenity. *
