Daily Reflections reading February 11th
The Limits Of Self Reliance
We
asked ourselves why we had them [fears]. Wasn’t it because self-reliance failed
us? ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.68
All
of my character defects separate me from God’s will. When I ignore my
association with Him I face the world and my alcoholism alone and must depend
on self-reliance. I have never found security and happiness through self-will
and the only result is a life of fear and discontent. God provides the path
back to Him and to His gift of security and comfort. First, however, I must be
willing to acknowledge my fears and understand their source and power over me.
I frequently ask God to help me understand how I separate myself from Him.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on February 11th Reading
Most of my troubles were of my own foolish making I sure was
an extreme example of self-will run riot I had to let go of all this
selfishness or it would have killed me I had moral convictions I could not live
up to I would have liked to but on my own self-will this was to much
My body was burnt out from the use and abuse of alcohol I
thought stopping was enough, I was instantly cured, just stop drinking and
everything will be back to normal that was the limits of my Self Reliance upon
my own free will
I soon found out that recover overnight, twisted thinking,
and depression, just don’t vanish in a twinkling of the eye, it took a lot of
action on my part to find some kind of sanity, I did become convinced that a
spiritual way of living is a powerful way to restore me to sane thinking
Because I have began my recovery from serious drinking, I am
one of the miracles of recovery this does not mean that I disregard human
health measures like Doctors taken care of my well being after all God has
supplied us with fine doctors, psychologists, and practitioners of various
kinds
I do not hesitate to take my problems to them today, God has
given me many miracles and I can’t knock a good doctor or psychiatrist their
services are often indispensable in treating alcoholics one of the doctors who
had the opportunity of reading the big book in manuscript form
Told the founders that the use of sweets was often helpful
depending upon a doctor's advice he thought all alcoholics should constantly
have chocolate available for its quick energy value, he added that occasionally
in the night a vague craving can come and could be satisfied by candy
I had a tendency to eat sweets and have found this practice
very helpful in my early recovery, I sobering up after finding my limits of
self reliance, I did take that year to find myself before getting into a
relationship with anyone I had to find me first
I found that I had a real relationship with my kids, because
they were a big part of my new life, young minds are far more forgiven that
adults, children seem to better understand unconditional love, my kids felt
this new love I had for them right away
We used to lie on the bed and talk about how I had changed
and how God has given us a second chance at being together, I told them the
story of how God had come down and reached into that deep hole I dug myself
into
He reached down gave me His hand and pulled me out of the
hole, it was then He took the desire away First Things First, Live and Let
Live, Easy Does It, these are the slogans I most remembered in my early
sobriety, they are a fantastic way to live my life today sharing all my new knowledge
with friends and family
God bless you Al M
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