Daily
Reflections reading October 30th
Live And
Let Live
Never since it began has Alcoholics Anonymous been
divided by a major controversial issue. Nor has our Fellowship ever publicly
taken sides on any question in an embattled world. This, however, has been no
earned virtue. It could almost be said that we were born with it. . . . “So
long as we don’t argue these matters privately, it’s a cinch we never shall
publicly. ” TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE
TRADITIONS, p. 176
Do I remember that I have a right to my opinion but that others don’t have to share it? That’s the spirit of “Live and Let Live.” The Serenity Prayer reminds me, with God’s help, to “Accept the things I cannot change.” Am I still trying to change others? When it comes to “Courage to change the things I can,” do I remember that my opinions are mine, and yours are yours? Am I still afraid to be me? When it comes to “Wisdom to know the difference,” do I remember that my opinions come from my experience? If I have a know-it-all attitude, aren’t I being deliberately controversial?
My
thoughts on October 30th Reading
Recovery is a process of growing and living in the solution, so to me its the only way I can ever guarantee that I will have a stress free, painless, happy, future to live, when I think about it didn’t have much of that in my past
I am sure I do not want to return to that past, full of selfishness, distrust, deceit, hatred, fear, and half truths, so learning to living and let live is the only way to go trying to find out daily what Gods will is for me
Live your life any way you so choose, I will live mine the way AA taught me, with God’s help my sponsors help, your help, and the 12 steps of recovery, today I am living not only on life’s terms but on God’s terms
I only have today to live in, no more projecting on what could have been, what should have been, only concerned with what will be, just for this one day, Its the practicing of this simple idea that is so complicated
We have been watching our son slowly killing himself, we are not able to help him, he remind me of myself when I was drinking, I tried to run everything only to be rejected by everyone, this drove me deeper into my own little world, with my big bottle
Knowing thing would change thru the teachings of AA I have learned rule # 62 “don’t take yourself to darn seriously” and its not up to me to change other, I am lucky if I can learn and change myself I know I can’t change others
I need to respect the rights of others, some have the right not to recover, but I will thru example be there for them, I had to learn how to be honest and trust worthy, I had to learn to let my X wife live her own life
Now I must let our son learn how to live his and not try to control what he is doing, I remember how my big mouth had hurt many times in the past, letting go was hard I know I have to live and let live with them as well
I learned how to let go, not make waves over every little thing, live and let live has been a life preserver for me with all the temptation put in front of me, today I just do everything one day at a time, sharing my life with my angel Sandy
Trying to be supportive of her needs in this troubled time we are going thru, today works great when you turn it over to Gods care and let Him be in charge of your life, but it also hurts like hell when you see your children dying of a disease that can be arrested
I can not enable other like I tried to do in the past, I have to let go and let others make their own mistakes, praying they have learn a valuable lesson from the mistakes they had to make, this does not mean I should not share my experiences with them
It means to admit my own powerlessness over the situations others find themselves in, all I can do is let God handle the out come of what is going to happen, because I have no control over the outcome it is not in my hands
It is so complicated because we are all just humans with free will that God gave us to use as He thought we should but Human as I am I use it still to get what I want the program keeps my on the right track
Every morning I ask God to keep me from my selfish ways and try to do His will for me today keep me safe and sober at night I just thank him for what He has given me for what He has taken away from me and For what He has left me another day alcohol free
God bless you Al M
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