Daily Reflections reading
February 13th
We Can’t Think Our Way Sober
To the intellectually self-sufficient man or
woman, many A.A. ‘s can say, “Yes, we were like you-far too smart for our own
good. . . . Secretly, we felt we could float above the rest of the folks on our
brain power alone.” AS BILL SEES IT. p. 60
Even
the most brilliant mind is no defense against the disease of alcoholism. I
can’t think my way sober. I try to remember that intelligence is a God given
attribute that I may use, a joy like having a talent for dancing or drawing or
carpentry. It does not make me better than anyone else, and it is not a
particularly reliable tool for recovery, for it is a power greater than myself
who will restore me to sanity-not a high IQ or a college degree.
©
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on
February 13th Reading
I am terminally unique not
just different!!! To me there is an easer softer way than drinking and it not
any different for any of us, It is simply using all the 12 steps not just some
of them. they give me all the tools to find my way home, all I needed to do was
use them to find the road
Recovery is simple but
people are just so complicated, like many before me I was to smart for this
simply program I knew I could find a better way, I tried different types of
drinks, I tried the geographical cure, and I tried abstinence only to find
myself back in the bottle
Deeper in trouble with
everyone, thanks God I had a wonderful sponsor who kept telling me to get a
little stupid when it comes to recovery, you don’t know crap about it, I found
that just do not drink sure is not easy, it takes a lot of foot work to not
pick up again
But just for today I can
do, it the steps taught me how to feel and walk thru the pain, thinking my way
sober could never have worked for me, it took that gift of desperation to get
honest with myself and others, I had to surrender and accept I could not do
this alone
AA showed me how to
share the feelings, without rage, anger, or resentments, feelings of fear,
loneliness, depression, feelings of hope, strength and forgiveness, change of
attitude the easy does it feeling
I
am feeling grateful for what my God, with my sponsors help has given me,
grateful that I can still be here to share Gods love with others, having
respect for myself and others in fellowship, I have found that by helping
others who are desperately trying find a new way of life
Being
able to get out of my way not filled with pitfalls of myself, the simple way is
to reach out to others, I still have fears but AA taught me how to overcome
them, how to share them and walk thru them, with God at my side much love comes
from these rooms to all who want our way of life
Just walk thru your
fears, reach out and ask for help, take that first step to find this new hope
and strength with in yourself, we will walk beside you in your journey, until
you find the God of your understanding then we will walk with you and God down
the road to recovery
Today you are not alone
and you never need be alone again, come and join us we love you and need you,
for our own sobriety, after all it is how to stay sober helping others, telling
our stories what we used to be like, guess that’s where the excuses and all the
blame came in
What
it was like before AA what happened to me before recovery, I was a very selfish
self centered jerk that thought he was God and in charge of the universe, I sure knew how to blame everyone else for my mistakes
and used them for my excuses
I needed to become humble enough to ask God
to remove the desire to drink form me, AA gave me a new life and the tools to
use with that new life, the big book and step book, slogans, etc the very basics of AA is to learn the steps and to
reach out to others who suffer from our disease
I
stick to the basics and I must do my part to make it possible for others to
recover
God bless you Al M
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