Daily Reflections reading
March 26th
The
Teaching Is Never Over
Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you — until then. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 164
These words put a lump in my throat each time I read them. In the beginning it was because I felt, “Oh no! The teaching is over. Now I’m on my own. It will never be this new again.” Today I feel deep affection for the A.A. pioneers when I read this passage, realizing that it sums up all of what I believe in, and strive for, and that — with God’s blessing — the teaching is never over, I’m never on my own, and every day is brand new.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on March 26th Reading
The teachings of the fellowship for me will come to an end when the first shovel full of dirt is on my grave, just as in life the lessons are new, I continue to grow in fellowship or I lose everything again every day I wake up I learn something new about life, at first I had a real hard time with changing my way of living in the here and now
The life style AA was pushing with the God thing, just did not really appeal to me, I did not want God’s condemning judging ways in my life, I was doing fine except for all the fears, all I needed to do is learn how to drink the right way like social drinking
Still thought I could do thing with out any ones help, who need people telling them what to do, my life was in the crapper and still wanted it my way, how sick was I, like I could drink in safety again, well life is a constant change and I had to change or go, this is the lesson we all learn in recovery
Change in our lives is an absolute, growth is optional, I have no real choice but to learn the new lessons of the day after all it is a daily reprieve I have, like most of the others who have grown in the fellowship I started really looking at the fearful God issue with an open mind
Who walked away from faith ME, I started to slowly change my life style to that of a caring and loving person, changing life habits was a very hard thing to do, but I did have to
The lessons just keep coming, I still am learning new lessons by living my life on God’s terms because for me God is my teacher and he teaches me thru the many wonderful people I met on my journey to recovery
I love my new way of life I have with people around me, yes we all are teachers but we all are also the students of life, I have remained teachable thru out my years in AA
To share this new life in AA I have changed everything about me and my attitude toward my fellow man, I had to share my experience, strengths, and hope with others, to stay sober myself, I have a marriage that is blessed because Sandy and I have remained teachable
We know only a little and in Gods time He will reveal more to us, Sandy is my angel and we share or lives together, we sponsor many people and we enjoy the company of the AA fellowship very much
God has continued to teach us, we were open to the teachings and He has given us the tools to reach out and help others pick up the tools for their recovery, life on God’s terms has taught me I need to use all these tool to stay sober myself
Everyday I am given the opportunity to learn a new lesson in life, if I just ask God’s help each morning and thank Him at night for all our blessings I will stay happy and sober and willing to receive more of His teachings when the time us right
God bless you Al M
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