Daily Reflections reading
September 3rd
Building A New Life
We feel a man is unthinking
when he says sobriety is enough. ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS, p. 82
When I reflect on Step Nine, I see that physical sobriety must be enough for me. I need to remember the hopelessness I felt before I found sobriety, and how I was willing to go to any lengths for it. Physical sobriety is not enough for those around me, however, since I must see that God’s Gift is used to build a new life for my family and loved ones. Just as importantly, I must be available to help others who want the A.A. way of life. I ask God to help me share the gift of sobriety so that its benefits may be shown to those I know and love.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on September 3rd
Reading
Recovery is a process of growing and
living in the solution, so to me its the only way I can ever guarantee that I
will have a stress free, painless, happy future to live in, when I think about
it didn’t have much of that in my past, I am sure I do not want to return to
that past full of selfishness,
Distrust, deceit, hatred, fear, and lies,
learning to living and let live is the only way to go, trying to find out daily
what Gods will is for me, live your life any way you so choose and I will live
mine the way AA taught me with God’s help my sponsors help your help and the 12
steps of recovery
Today I am living not only on life’s
terms, but on God’s terms, I only have today to live in, no more projecting on
what could have been, what should have been, only concerned with what will be,
just for this one day
Its the practicing of this simple idea
that is so complicated we have been watching our son’s slowly killing
themselves and we were not able to help them, they remind me of myself when I
was drinking I tried to run everything only to be rejected by everyone
This drove me deeper into my own little
world, with my big bottle, knowing thing would change thru the teachings of AA,
I have learned rule # 62 “don’t take yourself to darn seriously” and its not up
to me to change other, I am lucky if I can learn and change myself, I know I
can’t change others
I need to respect the rights of others,
some have the right not to recover, but I will thru example be there for them,
I had to learn how to be honest and trust worthy, I had to learn to let my X
wife live her own life and now I must let our son’s learn how to live theirs
and not try to control what they do
I remembering how my big mouth had hurt
many times in the past, letting go was hard, I know I have to live and let live
with them as well, I learned how to let go and not make waves over every little
thing, live and let live has been a life preserver for me with all the
temptation put in front of me
Today I just do everything one day at a
time, sharing my life with my angel Sandy, trying to be supportive of her needs
in this troubled time we are going thru today, works great when you turn it
over to Gods care and let Him be in charge of your life
But it also hurts like hell when you see
your children dying of a disease that can be arrested, It is so complicated
because we are all just humans with free will that God gave us to use as He
thought we should, but Human as I am I use it still to get what I want, the
program keeps my on the right track
Every morning I ask God to keep me From
my selfish ways and try to do His will for me today, keep me safe and sober at
night, I just thank him for what He has given me, for what He has taken away
from me, and For what He has left me another day alcohol free
God bless you Al M
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