Daily Reflections reading
February 14th
Expectations vs. Demands
Burn
the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of
anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house. ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS, p. 98
Dealing
with expectations is a frequent topic at meetings. It isn’t wrong to expect
progress of myself, good things from life, or decent treatment from others.
Where I get into trouble is when my expectations become demands. I will fall
short of what I wish to be and situations will go in ways I do not like,
because people will let me down sometimes. The only question is: “What am I
going to about it?” Wallow in self-pity or anger; retaliate and make a bad
situation worse; or will I trust in God’s power to bring blessings on the
messes in which I find myself? Will I ask Him what I should be learning; do I
keep on doing the right things I know how to do, no matter what; do I take the
time to share my faith and blessings with others?
©
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on February 14th Reading
Expectations vs. Demands well in my drinking day I expected
everyone to give in to my demands, after all I was never wrong, well in my own
mind I was never wrong, but to those I demanded from sure considered me a
control freak and wanted nothing to do with me
When I think of expectations for myself the one thing that
always come to me is faith in God I need faith in Him, but I also need faith in
others He has put into my life to enrich it love of the fellowship is for given
without expectation of receiving anything back
Expectations are my hopes and dreams of a promising future,
filled with love compassion and understanding of what I perceive to be the
world around me, the world is changing every moment of every day I want to
remember where I came from
Remember why I am here sober and happy, I have lots of
healthy expectations about how to stay sober and be part of life, not wasting
it on drinking and making a fool out of myself anymore, when I got to the halls
I wanted to die, more than I wanted to live,
Nothing was worth living for, the loss of my wife, my
family, my job, my will to do anything, was gone completely, hopeless, in total
despair, I just wanted to hide in the bottle for ever, never wanting to feel
anything ever again
We all know that feelings just can't be drowned out by
anything and we need help to walk thru our feelings in order to stay sober, God
knew that someday I would walk thru your doors and ask for the help I needed,
but still I did not want God in my life I was scared of Him
He was to vengeful for me to want anything to do with Him,
so I used the Group Of Drunks for my HP then I started to look at the people
who were happy and cheerful, everyone of them told me of their HP a loving
forgiven God the God of their understanding
Soon to be the God I would choose to help me stay sober, I
have complete trust in Him and can ask Him in the morning to keep me sober, I
know it works I am living proof God works wonders in all our lives if we let
Him
So my expectations for me is doing Gods will and not regretting
my past, not demanding anything from others like I did in my drunken past, God
has reveled much more to me working the steps and for that I am grateful
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