Daily
Reflections reading September 17th
Freedom
From Fear
When, with God’s help, we calmly accepted our lot, then we found we could live at peace with ourselves and show others who still suffered the same fears that they could get over them, too. We found that freedom from fear was more important than freedom from want. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Page 122
Material values ruled my life for many years during my active alcoholism. I believed that all of my possessions would make me happy, yet I still felt bankrupt after I obtained them. When I first came into A.A., I found out about a new way of living. As a result of learning to trust others, I began to believe in a power greater than myself. Having faith freed me from the bondage of self. As material gains were replaced by the gifts of the spirit, my life became manageable. I then chose to share my experiences with other alcoholics.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on September 17th
Reading
I have Freedom from being a victim of myself, I have the
love and respect of my family, I even have real friends today, not fair weather
friends that when the times were rough, my old friends dropped me like hot
potatoes I always thought I was free to do as I wished
I never cared about the lives or welfare of anyone but
myself, this selfish freedom only drove me deeper into a bottle, I could not
understand why everyone was against poor little old me, 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 day I
am willing to accept my disease, I have freedom from the bondage of all the
lies I told when drinking, free to be able to tell the truth even when I think
it would be easer to lie, freedom comes with a price we all paid the price
long before we entered the halls of AA, pain, loneliness,
and despair of the disease, is the price today I am with people who attracted
me because they seeming relaxed healthy, had a happiness I wanted, they had the
freedom from embarrassment and they seemed very much at ease
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 like Dr Bob was ill at ease most of the time, my health
also 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 a Gift from God, the willingness to go to any
lengths to stay sober
to change myself and accept my part in my disease as well as
in my recovery, freedom is a special thing in recovery it lifts the desire to
drink if we are spiritually fit, I did need to clean up the wreckage of my past
and I had a big street to clean up
no more blaming others for what I did, or allowed others to use me 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 not to take life to seriously and to
enjoy the time I have left ,to do His will for me and to practice these steps
in all my affairs, thank God for freedom of bondage of myself give freely and
you shall receive Gods gift
God bless you Al M
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