Daily
Reflections reading March 8th
Turning It Over
Every
man and woman who has joined A.A. and intends to stick has, without realizing
it, made a beginning on Step Three. Isn’t it true that in all matters touching upon
alcohol, each of them has decided to turn his or her life over to the care,
protection, and guidance of Alcoholics Anonymous? . . . Any willing newcomer
feels sure A.A. is the only safe harbor for the foundering vessel he has
become. Now if this is not turning one’s will and life over to a newfound
Providence, then what is it? TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 35
Submission
to God was the first step to my recovery. I believe our Fellowship seeks a
spirituality open to a new kinship with God. As I exert myself to follow the
path of the Steps, I sense a freedom that gives me the ability to think for
myself. My addiction confined me without any release and hindered my ability to
be released from my self-confinement, but A.A. assures me of a way to go
forward. Mutual sharing, concern and caring for others is our natural gift to
each other and mine is strengthened as my attitude toward God changes. I learn
to submit to God’s will in my life, to have self-respect, and to keep both of
these attitudes by giving away what I receive
Daily
Reflections reading March 8th
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My
thoughts on March 8th Reading
Turning it over I pray to God that I
never again lose my faith in Him, that each day I learn something new about my
recovery greatest lesson I ever learned is because of this program, 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 have faith in his will along with knowledge of
His power, I have been give this gift of sobriety from alcoholism a new way of
life free from hopelessness, anger, guilt, and remorse for things I do today
I have learned thru trust and faith how
to change myself, I can use my past to help others, God has many lessons to
teach everyone of us, but He will only show us when we are ready I have faith
in accepting His will, everyday is a new beginning for me, because I did turn
it over
But being human I still have many faults
that keep coming up, I am still learning about ME I always have another lesson
to learn about myself, this is done with my faith in God, how I relate to life
and others around me are lessons that never stop, they keep coming
And life seems to get better every day,
as long as I remember my trust and faith is in God He and this fellowship has
given me freedom from bondage of self, truth and honesty, all the promises are
really guarantees, when we follow this programs way of life
Worry is just another useless emotion, if
I worry I have no faith, if I have faith, I won't worry turning over my past
sure was a hard thing to do, I had so much anger and resentments, I was never
going to forgive anyone or forget what they did to poor ME
I did not want to really stop drinking I
was just afraid that if I drank I would die well thanks to God I did turn over
all of my old ideas and learned how to accept the love of others many good
people helped me to find my HP, my sponsor helped me thru the 12 steps
He showed me how to live life free from
the bottle, free from my self will that was destroying me, today I have to turn
over many things in my life that bother me, but I am not alone in this today I
have God in my life and I have thru the years learned how to trust in His power
Turning it over and letting go is hard
but if we don't let it go, then we are just as useless as those we give the
power to, God does take care of us and I do not know what His will is for
anyone else, or at times for me
I have found that when I am practicing
Spiritually, His will is what gives me the courage, my practicing the 12 steps
in my own life, is what gives me the strength to go on with hope, I found my spirituality
with in myself thru working on Me and my attitudes with God
When
we turn it over we have to let it go our it will just be upside down
God bless you Al M
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