Daily Reflections reading October 17th
A Daily Tune-up
Every
day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our
activities.
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS, p. 85
How do I maintain my spiritual
condition? For me it's quite simple: on a daily basis I ask my Higher Power to
grant me the gift of sobriety for that day! I have talked to many alcoholics
who have gone back to drinking and I always ask them: "Did you pray for
sobriety the day you took your first drink?" Not one of them said yes. As
I practice Step Ten and try to keep my house in order on a daily basis, I have
the knowledge that if I ask for a daily reprieve, it will be granted.
© Alcoholics Anonymous
World Services
My thoughts on October 17th Reading
Greatest
lesson I have ever learned is because of this program, is there is a God and I
am not him, He could do for me what I could not do for myself, all I had to do
is get out of the way and let Him along with that knowledge of His power I have
been give this gift of sobriety and a new way of life
Free
from hopelessness, anger, guilt, and remorse, for things I do today Bill's W.’s
story is about changing spiritually, I have been where he came from and did not
see an hope of changing, like bill I to was lost in the self-pity of my own
doings, hopelessly lost
Today I
live in a spiritual way, when I am fit spiritually then my day goes fantastic,
my higher power in the very beginning was a Group Of Drunks at a meeting, I
listen, they lost the desire to drink by following some 12 simple steps
I liked the idea of not having to drink and
how I could handle my life sober, but I also heard about God and I knew how
vengeful and condemning He was, I kicked God out of my live years ago and I
would in no way let him back, I did get a sponsor and he told me straight out
Anyone
can stop drinking, but to stay stopped and to change your life around, you need
a higher power, my first thought was I am now hopelessly lost, I did not want
my old God in my life, he said why don't you try our God the one of compassion,
hope, love and forgiveness
You
don't have far to go to met this wonderful God he is right in your heart, I was
to closed minded to see that right then, but I did come to believe in Him, today
I believe God was and is still in my heart I listen with my heart, not my mind,
He has given me all I need life is fantastic
All I
needed to do is accept in my heart the God of my understanding, unlike the
things I did in my past, having learned about how to change myself I can now
use my past to help others in finding themselves, using the same 12 steps of
recovery that were so freely given to me
God has
many lessons to teach each and every one of us but He will only show us when we
are ready to accept His will for this day, everyday is a new beginning for me
to try and do His will, but being human, I still have many faults I still am
learning about
As the
days became weeks and they became months the lessons continued, then the months
turned in years, but still each day I have another lesson to learn about
myself, God has given my wife Sandy and I many gifts in our sobriety
Not just
staying sober but daily changing our lives with, His help reaching out and
given back what He and this fellowship has given us freedom from bondage of
self, It sure does come true when you do the next right thing
God
bless you Al M
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