Daily Reflections reading March 24th
Active,
Not Passive
Man
is supposed to think, and act. He wasn’t made to God’s image to be an
automation. As Bill Sees It, p. 55
Before
I joined A.A., I often did not think, and reacted to people and situations. When
not reacting I acted in a mechanical fashion. After joining A.A., I started
seeking daily guidance from a Power greater than myself, and learning to listen
for that guidance. Then I began to make decisions and act on them, rather than
react to them. The results have been constructive; I no longer allow others to
make decisions for me and then criticize me for it. Today–and every day–with a
heart full of gratitude, and a desire for God’s will to be done through me, my
life is worth sharing, especially with my fellow alcoholics! Above all, if I do
not make a religion out of anything, even A.A., then I can be an open channel
for God’s expression.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on March 24th Reading
The affects of alcoholism, was the most destructive force in
my life, nothing was missed balance comes from emotional sobriety, for me this
began by my taken action doing the first three steps
I found a resting point when I surrendered, I accepted the
God of my understanding
I begin to get active in my restoring all my emotional
needs, a balance to find my God's will for me just a mere beginning walking
thru the door of step three, entered into the fearless step four, where I
started to look at what went wrong in my past, looking at all I had squandered
away
With my unbalanced passive attitudes, learning how to feel
real feelings, real emotions, for the first time and this is where alcoholism
has affect every part of my life, family, friends, work, creditors I had to
start on an active path making me aware of my character defects and shortcomings
I had to look at my fears and resentment, showing me all
about my ego and low self-esteem, the inventory was to look at myself, not at
others who are in my life, balance is about me, I started step five, it helped
me to share what I had found with another human being, my sponsor
Sharing relieved me of the burden of going it alone, it got
me out of myself and into balance, it also gave me feed back from my sponsor,
to see where I may have been telling myself lies, I need to examine all my
character defects and shortcomings to see where I was wrong
This helped me not to react situations in life, but to learn
how to act upon them, I had learn humility, honesty, and being responsible, I
started to assume my own responsibility for all my actions, I started to
develop an attitude of gratitude toward others I affected
Real sobriety started making that list of harms done by me,
becoming willing to make amends having found the power greater than myself, I
found myself believing that power was God prayer and meditation gave my the
freedom to truly grow in His light freeing me from bondage
I try to practice my new sobriety by reaching out of myself,
by getting active in service work of the fellowship sharing and reaching out to
help the still sick and suffering find the strength to start on their journey
into a new way of life
God bless you Al M
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