Is sobriety all that we can expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is only the first gift of the first awakening. If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life - the one that did not work - for a new life that can and does work under any conditions whatever. Bill W p. 39
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Is sobriety all that we can expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is only the first gift of the first awakening. If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life - the one that did not work - for a new life that can and does work under any conditions whatever. Bill W p. 39
>>>>>>u know i , at first, thought this program would bring me magic...better fortunes, and all that...until FINALLY i realized that ALL it guarantees is that i can establish a BETTER relationship with me/ my higher power/ my inner child, so i CAN handle life better....
i have noticed that my karma hasn't changed much, but i have--- negative crap still hits me up on a regular basis, but i "walk away" more....i "let go more" i DO think NOW that i have a higher power, onto whom i can dump this "vexation" and i can deal with life better.......i am discarding the old life of "learned helplessness" and adopting a new life of "ok, lots of stuff i cannot do anything about, but i can RELEASE it---DETACH----i DO have OPTIONS" i am NOT helpless....powerless , a lot, but not helpless....that one thing i saw yesterday when i got another "life blessing" i have a busted pipe somewhere under my slab....i don't have to deal with it "today" so i am DETACHING...getting advice/ bids/ information, etc.....and i notice my DETACHMENT.....NOT hanging onto it , obsessing over it, letting it control me......... so , maybe my life will always be hard, but i don't have to let it "mess up my day"....i can "dump it" and take care of me the best way i can.......i am having a "spiritual awakening" in that i am realizing that i MUST have a higher power WITHIN me, otherwise i would have quit this program long ago with all the pain i am going through with this inner child/ family of origin pain......but i am STILL here.......thanks amanda...gr8 share, rosie
