Daily
Reflections reading June 6th
All We Can Do Is Try
Can
He now take them all — every one? ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76
In
doing Step Six it helped me a lot to remember that I am striving for “spiritual
progress.” Some of my character defects may be with me for the rest of my life,
but most have been toned down or eliminated. All that Step Six asks of me is to
become willing to name my defects, claim them as my own, and be willing to
discard the ones I can, just for today. As I grow in the program, many of my
defects become more objectionable to me than previously and, therefore, I need
to repeat Step Six so that I can become happier with myself and maintain my
serenity.
Daily
Reflections reading June 6th
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My thoughts on June 6th Reading
Step one did not ruin my drinking, but it sure gave me hope
and it saved my life, the process of recovery is a long journey into every
corner of the past and present, where I have been and where I would like to be
now living my life free from the conflicts of this disease
To me I know the first step was only a beginning of a long
process, half measures were useless I had to surrender completely to my disease
and accept this, having to un-learn the things I did before I found this
program
Took a long time to process that life just does not revolve
around me, the universe does not center around me, I had to look at each part
of my past, find out what part I played in the things, I found in the process
of elimination, where I was at fault and if I can do anything different
All I could do is try to the best of my ability to find who
and when I lie to others and myself what made me feel so hopeless and helpless,
It states in How it Works that the principles we have set down are guides to
progress, I have to utilize these principles on a daily basis to continue the
progress
If I have learned
anything in this program, it is that it's about progress not perfection, I
think step seven says it best, when it says Humbly asked Him to remove our
"shortcomings." This tells me that I'm not perfect
The seventh step prayer reminds me "My creator, I am
now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad, I had to remain
willing to surrender these shortcomings to Him, that I may better do his will
for me this day
I still have to ask Him for the strength to do it, on my own
I have no power, my power comes from Him and the rest is all just good practice,
I think that letting go of being perfect which is humanly impossible anyway, or
said in another way, become willing to fail has been a great gift in sobriety
It has enabled me to try new things, now that I no longer
have to be the king of the universe, ruler of the world, protector of all, progress
has been the ability to realize I am not responsible for every human being's
actions on earth
The hardest thing for me is to remember that God is running
the show, not me, as long as I remember to pray and try to do my best to follow
his Will for me, things are fantastic, if I lived the 12 steps of recovery with
God at my side
He guides me thru each day teaching me a little more about
myself and how I need to change progress is all about the ultimate goal of
perfection it can be achieved by all who find the God of there understanding,
but lay perfectly still because when you reach perfection your Dead
God bless you Al M
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