Daily
Reflections reading September 12th
I Am Responsible
For the readiness to take the
full consequences of our past acts, and to take responsibility for the well –
being of others at the same time, is the very spirit of Step Nine. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Page 87
In recovery, and through the help of Alcoholics Anonymous, I learn that the very thing I fear is my freedom. It comes from my tendency to recoil from taking responsibility for anything: I deny, I ignore, I blame, I avoid. Then one day, I look, I admit, I accept. The freedom, the healing and the recovery I experience is in the looking, admitting and accepting. I learn to say, “Yes, I am responsible.” When I can speak those words with honesty and sincerity, then I am free.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on September 12th
Reading
I am responsible. When anyone, anywhere,
reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to be there, for this I am
responsible, A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word, It is
a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress thru the
steps
AA is a set of principles, a society of
alcoholics in action, for me I must carry the message our we all can wither,
and those who haven't been given the truth may die, faith is my greatest gift,
sharing with others is my solemn responsibility
I must continually seek the wisdom, the
willingness to fulfill that immense trust and responsibility, I was given the
Twelve Steps to provide help for the still suffering people out there in the
midst of this fatal malady of alcoholism
Our founders gave us the Twelve
Traditions to establish the boundaries for the Fellowship the way it lives and
grows through out the world, many groups in early time split into two classes
the elder statesmen and the bleeding deacons
The elder statesman saw the wisdom of the
group's conscience they knew the group needs to grow the statesman holds no
resentment over his reduced status in the group his judgment fortified by considerable
experience is sound
He is willing to sit quietly on the side
lines patiently awaiting to be of service, the bleeding deacon is just as
surely convinced that the group cannot get along without him, he constantly
connives for re-election to office and continues to be consumed with self-pity
Nearly every old-timer has gone through
this process in some degree. Most of them survive and live to become elder
statesmen; they become the real and permanent leaders of A.A. I have become
humble enough to become a student as well as a teacher today
I am living a life of purpose and
service, I know I have made a difference to many in recovery, some people are
willing to bet their life on the Fellowship, just go to meetings hoping against
hope that they will not be one of the many who fail to remain sober
Some people believe they are above, the
program and God stuff, they very likely will never see the truth about
themselves with out a change in attitude, in recovery everyone at some point
finds there are inconvenience and have many hard times daily life
I know I drank to change the way I
thought and the way I felt to no avail the feelings never left for long the
option to drink is no longer available, it was worth my time and effort to see
if this program could do all those things for me that I could not do for myself
I know I paid a hell of a price to get
here and I am willing to pay the price to stay here, It is far less painful to
learn the truth about myself, I have never seen a person fail to find physical,
emotional, and spiritual sobriety who has followed the path as it was laid out
God bless you Al M
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