Daily Reflections reading July 2nd
The Heart Of true Sobriety
We
find that no one need have difficulty with the spirituality of the program.
Willingness, honesty and open-mindedness are the essentials of recovery. But
these are indispensable. ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS, p. 570
Am I honest enough to accept
myself as I am and let this be the “me” that I let others see? Do I have the
willingness to go to any length, to do whatever is necessary to stay sober? Do
I have the open-mindedness to hear what I have to hear, to think what I have to
think, and to feel what I have to feel?
If my answer to these questions
is “Yes,” I know enough about the spirituality of the program to stay sober. As
I continue to work the Twelve Steps, I move on to the heart of true sobriety:
serenity with myself, with others, and with God as I understand Him.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World
Services
My thoughts on July 2nd Reading
The
heart of true sobriety with few exceptions comes from an inner resource I call
my higher power a Power greater than myself, the God of my understanding, all
loving and forgiven, who I had found thru a true spiritual experience six
months into my recovery
as an alcoholic I found I was capable of honestly facing my problems, because
God did not let me close my mind to a spiritual experience, or if you will a
spiritual awakening, yet I still to this day can be defeated by an attitude of
intolerance or denial, I am human after all
AA found that no one need have difficulty with the
spirituality of the program, willingness, honesty and open mindedness, are the
bare essentials of recovery and for me these are indispensable, with out them,
I will revert back to my old way of thinking and most likely go back to
drinking
AA Twelve Steps are a group of principles,
spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the
obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully
whole. (Forward to the twelve steps and
twelve traditions)
For me spirituality is knowing God is there for
me, I have been awakened to this its that awareness that some form of a higher
power is now working in my life, I could see this in all the people I met in
the halls they had something I desperately wanted, a peace and happiness about
them
The Spiritual experiences are a lot different
than a spiritual awakening very few in recovery have that white light spiritual
experience that Bill W had but if it was not for his insight after this
experience we may never have had a program of recovery
When I started my journey into recovery I had
no real belief system nor did I want to pray to any type of God especially the
vengeful God or my childhood After all I had control of my life, the only thing
I needed to do was stop drinking and move on with my life
The time did come that no power on earth was
going to keep me from drinking I became as desperate as a dying man could
become I admitted my powerlessness I started to honesty pray to this God of
your understanding
I finally ask this God with all the honesty and
humility I could muster up I ask God to remove the desire to drink and all the
things screwing up my life be taken away I had this spiritual experience that
night some what like Bill W’s
I felt
the presents of God in my life and I was over come with a peace and serenity
like I had never felt before, I believe God did come down and cradle me in His
arms Nothing on earth could ever match what I was given on that night
From that day on I had a wonderful relationship
with the God of my understanding I truly accept Gods will for me, I also thank
Him each day for the strength to carry out His will, Gods blessing to my wife
Sandy and I are have been true Miracles
We have gone thru many surgeries many painful
tragedies; we are watching our son dying of this disease because he is one of
the unfortunate ones they talk about in chapter five who are constitutionally
incapable of being honest with themselves
First hand we have seen what can happen if
belief in a power greater then yourself is not found the pain of watching
family’s lose there love ones to a disease the can be so easily arrested just
by following the simple twelve steps of our God given program
God my sponsor and AA sure gave me this life of
peace, love, and serenity He will for you if you ask Him, God loves us, all we
have to do is let go and let him show us a new way of life where we never have
to pick up another drink
“There is a principle which is a bar against
all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to
keep a man in everlasting ignorance—that principle is contempt prior to investigation.” HERBERT SPENCER
God bless you Al M
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