Daily Reflections reading December 24th
A Sane And Happy
Usefulness
We
have come to believe He would like us to keep our heads in the clouds with Him,
but that our feet ought to be firmly planted on earth. That is where our fellow
travelers are, and that is where our work must be done. These are the realities
for us. We have found nothing incompatible between a powerful spiritual
experience and a life of sane and happy usefulness. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.
130
All
the prayer and meditation in the world will not help me unless they are
accompanied by action. Practicing the principles in all my affairs shows me the
care that God takes in all parts of my life. God appears in my world when I
move aside, and allow Him to step into it
© Alcoholics
Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on December 24th Reading
I can only be as happy and content as I will allow myself to
be this moment, happiness means a lot
more than intimacy, the program taught me what real love is
all about, love beautiful Wife, my family
friends, and all who are in or out of recovery we are not a
glum lot
I know if I could not see contentment in my existence in
this program, I would not want the program, happiness is a link between the old
ungrateful bitter me, and the happy grateful me, God centered ME! Contentment
is a gift of sanity, for me to remember who I was
A new gift to be free, a gift to find out who I now am, I
can feel my gratitude and joy, knowing I have changed to be come a better
person, I am recovering from a disease of mind, body, and soul, I had
rebuilding my self-esteem, I know I am worthwhile, loved, and full of real hope
For all this I am truly content with my new way of life, I
know the joys of life, I also know sorrows of life, sanity has helped me see
and feel the difference today joy, happiness, pain, sorrow, fear, anger, are
all with-in me even today, I am happy I have feelings
What would life be without feeling all my feelings, not just
the ones that are good, but all the feelings to help me deal with real life
with out the drink, God is with me guiding me thru the situations of life I do
not understand, I can truly say "thy will not mine be done"
Please continue to give me the gift of understanding of
what’s going on. Its not impossible to be grateful for everything that happens
to me if I look thru Gods eyes, I have had many days that seem hard and
difficult but those days passed, I remained happy after they passed, I felt the
love of my God, who took care of me in those sad times
I felt content knowing that Gods promise of this new life I
have chosen is coming true I am content in my recovery, grateful for pain and
difficulty, because of the lessons I have learned, I have face my own
mortality, a close brush with death, put the fear of dying into me after my
heart attack
But because of this fear a greater sense of spirituality
flows through me, problems that were so big just started to disappear, life
started again to take on new meaning, I did not appreciate what I took for
granted, until it was almost taken away from me because of my fear
Yes every day is a gift for me, every day is a second chance
to live, the meaning of life is not being God, but trying to attune my will to
Gods will for me, what I have found in the AA program is a life second to none,
I wanted this for me, I want what those who came before me had
They have love! Life! And sobriety! Because they follow the path laid out before
them, they taught me
the way to sane healthy living, they gave me a purpose in
life to be of service to my fellow sick and
suffering alcoholic who are looking for peace and happiness
This is the lesson we all learn when entering recovery,
change in our lives is an absolute, Growth is optional, I have no real choice
but to change, I started to slowly change my life style to that of a caring and
loving person from being that selfish SOB that I was
To changing old life habits was a very hard thing to do, but
I did have to change and learn new life habits, or just die, today thru the
grace of God, I love the new way of life I have, I have people to share how
this new life in AA has changed everything about me
Gods way is to me the only path to the joy of life I need to
follow, God has given me the tools to reach out and help others, life has
taught me I need to use these tool to stay sober myself, everyday is an opportunity
to learn a new lesson in life if we just ask God's help
He will give us all this safe, sane, happy, useful life if
we are willing to surrender to His will and are
willing to go to any lengths to stay safe, sane, happy and useful
to ourselves or family our extended
AA Family, reaching out to new friends in recovery who need
us
God bless Al M
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