Daily
Reflections reading May 18th
Freedom To Be Me
If
we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed
before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new
happiness. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 83
My first
true freedom is the freedom not to have to take a drink today. If I truly want
it, I will work the Twelve Steps and the happiness of this freedom will come to
me through the Steps — sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. Other freedoms will
follow, and inventorying them is a new happiness. I had a new freedom today,
the freedom to be me. I have the freedom to be the best me I have ever been.
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on May 18th Reading
Gods gifts are endless as long as my mind is open to Him and
His gifts just being here is one of His many gifts to me having friends in this
fellowship accepting god's gifts into my life and using the step to change
myself-will working with the A B C's of recovery
(a) That we were alcoholic and could not manage our own
lives.
(b) That probably no human power could have relieved our
alcoholism.
(c) That God could and would if He were sought.
I am no longer a victim of myself I have the love and
respect of my family, I even have real friends today not fair weather people
conning each other, when the times were rough my old friends dropped me like
hot potatoes, when I was not the victim I was the one to victimize you
Until AA I do not think I had any freedom, the promise of a
new freedom and happiness and not regret the past came true, God gave me the
gift of choice to choose how I want to live today, I have that choice every
morning when I was willing to accepted my disease
Another Gift form god the willingness to go to any lengths
to stay sober, to change myself and accept my part in my disease as well in
recovery, I did need to clean up the wreckage of my past had a big street to
clean up
No more blaming others for what I did or allowed others to
do to me, I have Gods gift to accept my life as it should have always been
turning my will over to His care gave me the freedom not to take life to
seriously and to enjoy the time I have left to do His will for me
And to practice these steps in all my affairs thank God for
freedom of bondage of myself give freely and you shall receive Gods gift, you
to will feel this new freedom to begin your new journey into peace and serenity
as we who came before you have
God bless you Al M
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