Daily Reflections reading
December 29th
The Joy Of Living
therefore
the joy of good living is the theme of A.A.’s Twelfth Step. TWELVE STEPS AND
TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 125
A.A.
is a joyful program! Even so, I occasionally balk at taking the necessary steps
to move ahead, and find myself resisting the very actions that could bring
about the joy I want. I would not resist if those actions did not touch some
vulnerable area of my life, an area that needs hope and fulfillment. Repeated
exposure to joyfulness has a way of softening the hard, outer edges of my ego.
Therein lies the power of joyfulness to help all members of A.A.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My
thoughts on December 29th Reading
The Joy Of Living is in the journey of living in recovery,
there is no greater joy than the natural high of recovery, the journey into my
recovery for me, is just simply living life on Gods terms, not my own, the joy
I receive after I walked the dark lonely road thru my past
Making the amends, asking for forgiveness, learning how to
forgive myself, was the mere beginning of a life of love, peace, and happiness,
that I did not know existed before recovery, today I know what it is like to
care for the life of another human being in recovery
Even knowing the joy's of recovery we all have many tragic
times in recovery it is not all joy, but it is how we deal with the tragic
times that can return is to the joys of life accepting what we are going thru
is another one of the gifts of recovery
I had to find solutions, to what I thought were problems to
big to be solved, in my life time well that was in a sense true, I could not
solve all my problems, unless I reached out for help losing a brother to the
disease, seeing some of the grandkids in the midst of this disease
All our health problems son needing the liver transplant and
a shoulder replacement, lots of stuff and time to worry about it life happens
deaths, pain, suffering, is all part of everyone’s life at times, Faith takes
over then to see us through
I pray to God that I never lose my faith in Him, that each
day I learn something new about life about how to accept life greatest lesson I
ever learned is because of this program, there is a God and I am not him
He could do for me what I could not do for myself, all I had
to do is have faith in his will for me along with knowledge of His power, I
have been give this gift of sobriety from alcoholism a new way of life free
from hopelessness, anger, guilt, and remorse for things I do today
Today I know that for me I will never be recovered from this
disease of mind, body, or spirit when I take that last breath here on earth, I
will then be recovered for the disease I did find the spiritually with-in me
that was always there waiting for me to accept it
If I had not change the way I was living my life all the
wonderful things my wife and I are sharing today would not have been possible
with out changing Me I needed to do more that just put down alcohol I had to
learn how to live my life
Without the false hope alcohol gave me I just needed to
change me and my attitude accepting that I was not the most important person in
the universe anymore but rather just one more bozo on the bus sitting in the
middle not controlling anything
God has blessed me with the ability to change with hope and
love in my heart I have been given this second chance to live and to enjoy all
the pleasures of a sober life absolutely free from the bondage of myself and
being a loving caring person today
Yes the joy of recovery is in the journey thru my life
accepting the good as well as the bad the greatest joy I receive today is
watching others see the light of Gods will in their lives and to watch them
grow with-in this fellowship carrying the message to others
What a joy it was to get my 35 year coin and to have all my
friends share my joy God has been wonderful to Sandy and I even when tragedy strikes
we are prepared for, it we lost an 11 year old grandson but were able to be
there for our daughter and family in time of need
But in spite of these things we have a life of joy and peace
because of this fantastic program we live one day at a time take the good with
the bad and stay close to our God trusting in His will for us and for all our
family thy will not ours be done all we can ask for
God bless you Al M
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