Aa reflections today1/11/2024 ![]() ![]() Today I’ll be open to what people are thinking and saying. This means being open to new ideas and opportunities, but also being concerned about others and taking care not to harm them. In living the program, we seek to cultivate true open-mindedness. ![]() This attitude is really the result of a desire to be accepted in spite of questionable behavior. It follow that people who are deep into selfish, compulsive behavior will appear to be open-minded and even very tolerant. We learned that what we considered open-mindedness was really indifference based on self-justification. Oddly, many of us though we were open-minded long before we ever considered a 12 Step program. Open-mindedness is a quality that helps us attract new ideas for our self-improvement. With the best of intentions, he tends to force his will into all sorts of situations and problems with the comfortable assurance that he is acting under God’s specific direction. He may have forgotten the possibility that his own wishful thinking and the human tendency to rationalize have distorted his so-called guidance. To any questioning or criticism of his actions, he instantly proffers his reliance upon prayer for guidance in all matters great or small. A man who tries to run his life rigidly by this kind of prayer, by this self-serving demand of God for replies, is a particularly disconcerting individual. We have seen A.A.’s ask with much earnestness and faith for God’s explicit guidance on matters ranging all the way from a shattering domestic or financial crisis to a minor personal fault, like tardiness. I pray that I may make this my real life’s work. I pray that I may keep growing spiritually. The material things that you need most are those that help you to attain the spiritual. Work on the material plane should be secondary to your real life’s work. From one point to the next, you have to follow the way of obedience to God’s will until finally you reach greater and greater spiritual heights. ![]() The hidden spiritual wonders are revealed to those who diligently seek this treasure. To do this you must follow the path of diligently seeking good. Your real work in life is to grow spiritually. The choice is ours each day of our lives. Or we can take the path that leads to a reasonably happy and useful life. And remember, our next drunk could be our last one. We can take the path that leads to insanity and death. We have this choice every day of our lives. My feeling set me free, where my thoughts had held me in bondage. With no effort on my part, I became aware that to love myself was good and right, as God had intended. meeting I was blessed with a feeling that it was all right to admit defeat to a disease which had nothing to do with my “moral fiber.” I knew instinctively that I was in the presence of a great love when I entered the doors of A.A. I believed it was my moral obligation to conquer my “enemy-friend.” At my first A.A. regeneration: strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one’s old life as a condition for finding a new one.Ī thousand beatings by Barleycorn did not encourage me to admit defeat. Let us lend our expertise in helping people find sobriety through working the 12 steps! Contact us now if this sounds like something you could benefit from.Such is the paradox of A.A. Who do you know that needs help with their alcohol-related problems? If I’m ready to give up drinking forever, then there is a new life waiting for me that’s better than anything before. The Twelve Steps are the way out of alcoholism and they’re available today for anyone who wants them. You can get freedom from addiction, but you have to work for it. Today’s inventorying of other freedoms gave way to an even newer feeling: being fully oneself without fear because one knows exactly who they are meant to be! I have been working on the Twelve Steps and they’ve helped me find happiness in myself that was hidden before or lost to addiction-related stressors like liquor and drugs. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. So if you’re looking for ways to stay sober and connected, be sure to check out the Daily Reflections! These readings offer wisdom, hope, and support, and can help keep you connected to your Higher Power throughout the day. One great way to do that is by reading and reflecting on the Daily Reflections. If you’re an alcoholic, then one of the most important things you can do for yourself is to find a way to connect with your Higher Power. ![]()
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