Daily
Reflections reading September 22nd
A Limitless Lode
Like a gaunt prospector, belt
drawn in over the last ounce of food, our pick struck gold. Joy at our release
from a lifetime of frustration knew no bounds. Father feels he has struck something
better than gold. For a time he may try to hug the new treasure to himself. He
may not see at once that he has barely scratched a limitless lode which will
pay dividends only if he mines it for the rest of his life and insist on giving
away the entire product. Alcoholics
Anonymous Pages 128 & 129‚
When I talk with a newcomer
to A.A., my past looks me straight in the face. I see the pain in those hopeful
eyes, I extend my hand, and then the miracle happens: I become healed. My
problems vanish as I reach out to this trembling soul.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on September 22nd Reading
At the outset, I did have a stirring
spiritual experience I was a different man after this but I did not become a
religious nut God feed me spiritual fruit in the way of a 12 step program, to
enrich my life by given and caring about others Hw did not intend for me to
become a religious nut
This had to be my family also I needed to
have a balance between my new life and my old ways that included my family even
though my wife and I never did get back together we had two beautiful children
that looked at their strange new dad with apprehension but never irritation
Children best understand this
unconditional love a lot better than adults do, I did explain to them I had a
disease that was beyond human aid that I needed a spiritual way our of the
malady of alcoholism it was with their love and devotion I was able to start a
new way of life with them
I had experienced the elation, I did
indulged in spiritual intoxication, just like that gaunt prospector, belt drawn
in over the last ounce of food, yes my pick struck gold, I felt the joy at my
release from a lifetime of frustration I knew God had entered my life
I had found something better than gold, I
know instinctively I had to start given this program away He I saw I had barely
scratched a limitless lode, it does pay dividends if I mine it for the rest of
my life, but I had to give away the entire program to keep it
I did suffer from a very distorted sense
of values, God gave me a second chance with a spiritual way of life that
include my family and my obligations to my family they never condemn and
criticize me even my ex wife was open to my having the kids be part of my new
life
My drinking sure had placed me on the
wrong side of every argument, my ego would not let me be wrong, but this wealth
of love and respect I found in AA had to be carried over to my children, they
needed the guidance I never gave them when drinking
During those first days of my recovery I
had to place God, AA then family in that order because the mine would dry up if
I lost my contact with God and AA and that would make me lose the family once
again my spirituality had to come first without shutting out the family
God bless you Al M
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