Daily Reflections reading March 27th
A.A.’s Freedoms
We
trust that we already know what our several freedoms truly are; that no future
generation of AA’s will ever feel compelled to limit them. Our AA freedoms create
the soil in which genuine love can grow. . . . LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 303
I
craved freedom. First, freedom to drink; later, freedom from drink. The A.A.
program of recovery rests on a foundation of free choice. There are no
mandates, laws or commandments. A.A.’s spiritual program, as outlined in the
Twelve Steps, and by which I am offered even greater freedoms, is only
suggested. I can take it or leave it. Sponsorship is offered, not forced, and I
come and go as I will. It is these and other freedoms that allow me to
recapture the dignity that was crushed by the burden of drink, and which is so
dearly needed to support an enduring sobriety.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My
thoughts on March 27th Reading
I do know a new freedom and I have found
peace and happiness within myself today, I have freedom from being a victim of
myself, I have the love and respect of my family I always thought I was free to
do as I wished and not think of the lives or welfare of anyone
But this selfish freedom only drove me
deeper into a bottle to be hopelessly lost, the promise of a new freedom and
happiness come true, God gave me the gift of choice, to choose how I want to
live I have that choice every morning when I am willing to accept my disease
Today I have freedom from all the lies I
told and free today to be able to tell the truth, even when I think it would be
easer to lie, freedom comes with a price, for me its gratitude, today I am in a
group of people who attracted me
Because of they seemed relaxed and
healthy they had a happiness I wanted, they had the freedom from embarrassment
of their pasts, they seemed very much at ease on all occasions, they had the freedom
to even laugh at themselves
Fear seemed to be a non- issue; people
would laugh with them, instead of like my old friends laughing at me, freedom
to laugh WOW! Never saw anything funny in how I was living before AA I was ill
at ease most of the time, my health was at the breaking point, I was absolutely
miserable
I wanted to die, but I sensed AA had
something I did not have it was of a spiritual nature, God's gift was the
willingness to go to any lengths to stay sober, to change my attitudes I had to
accept my part in my disease, as well as in my recovery
Freedom is a special thing in recovery,
freedom lifted the desire to drink, I did need to clean up the wreckage of my
past, today I have the freedom to make my own choices, I have Gods gift of real
freedom to accept my life, as it should have always been
Turning my will over to His care gave me
the freedom to do His will for me and to practice the steps in all my affairs,
thank God for freedom of bondage give freely to others and you shall receive
Gods gift of peace and serenity
God bless you Al M
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