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A.A. Thought for the Day
When I came into A.A., I came into a new world. A sober world. A world of sobriety, peace, serenity, and happiness. But I know that if I take just one drink, I'll go right back into that old world. That alcoholic world. That world of drunkenness, conflict, and misery. That alcoholic world is not a pleasant place for an alcoholic to live in. Looking at the world through the bottom of a whiskey glass is no fun after you've become an alcoholic. Do I want to go back to that alcoholic world?
XXXXX for me it was ANY ole addiction would do to escape this awful pain of facing my pain, but now??? it is much better to face it sober so i can get past it once and for all...than maintain what i fought so hard for
Meditation for the Day
Pride stands sentinel at the door of the heart and shuts out the love of God. God can only dwell with the humble and the obedient. Obedience to God's will is the key unlocking the door to God's kingdom. You cannot obey God to the best of your ability without in time realizing God's love and responding to that love. The rough stone steps of obedience lead up to where the mosaic floor of love and joy is laid. Where God's spirit is, there is your home. There is heaven for you. Prayer for the Day I pray that God may make His home in my humble and obedient heart. I pray that I may obey his guidance to the best of my ability.
XXXXXXX life stepped on / squashed the pride out of me a while ago....when life beats u down to near suicide, surrendering, realizing that i am POWERLESS, and that i NEED my higher power to stay out of the darkness, there is no more pride in me.......i KNOW i can't cope w/out my Higher Power....tried it and lost...BIG time........and yeah, alignment and obedience to God's will is the only way......God is not some power drunk/ despotic being who wants to subjugate us, the obedience to his /her/ its will is our protection..... i cannot fight the darkness on MY power....its just not going to happen....when the perp killed my ability to trust in NOTHING , he set me up for constant opression of the dark forces...they had their way with me.....UNTIL i got here, so beaten down, and broken, and finally i embraced that there IS a HP and it does NOT want to "get me" but to help me.....and ONLY by being under the wings of my HP am i gonna survive this life, i finally got to the point..."no more tryin it on my own" no more fighting and resisting on my limited power....it doesn't work......... and yeah, i know my HP helps me/ protects me.....my heaven may be in the afterlife, but thats ok, at 60 nearly, i am almost done with this shit.....i just ask my hp to "carry me the rest of the way" as i do my foot work........
