7/25/2023 0 Comments Daily reflections aa december 26th![]() In working all the Steps thoroughly, I not only stay sober and help someone else to achieve sobriety, but also I transform my difficulty with living into a joy of living. Eventually I learned that it was necessary for me to "practice these principles" in all areas of my life. I was forgetting that there were a total of Twelve Steps and that the Twelfth Step also had more than one part. A.A.'s manner of making ready to receive this gift lies in the practice of the Twelve Steps in our program. In the same way, I believed for a long time that, in order to be in tune with the Twelve Steps, it was enough for me "to carry this message to alcoholics." That was rushing things. Daily Reflection December 1 December 1 'SUGGESTED' STEPS Our Twelfth Step also says that as a result of practicing all the Steps, we have each found something called a spiritual awakening. The choice I do have is to pick up and use the 'kit of spiritual tools' (Alcoholics Anonymous, p. In sobriety I still have no choiceI cant drink. and stopped drinking, it took a while before I understood why the First Step contained two parts: my powerlessness over alcohol, and my life's unmanageability. 24 My powerlessness over alcohol does not cease when I quit drinking. But unexpected things came out of our encounter, and my boss and I were able to agree to interact more directly and effectively in the future.įurthermore, how shall we come to terms with seeming failure or success? Can we now accept and adjust to either without despair or pride? Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and serenity? Can we steadfastly content ourselves with the humbler, yet sometimes more durable, satisfactions when the brighter, more glittering achievements are denied us? When I approached my boss and owned up to my hand in his difficulties, he was surprised. In discussing the affair, my co-worker tried to reassure me that an apology was not necessary, but I soon became convinced that I had to do something, regardless of how it might turn out. I knew that my report had created the problem, and began to feel responsible for my boss's difficulty. ![]() One day a co-worker informed me that my boss was really sore because a complaint, submitted over his head, had caused him much discomfort at the hands of his superiors. 167 On studying the Twelve Steps, many of us exclaimed, What an order I can’t go through with it. As Bill Sees It Progress Rather than Perfection, p. That is where our fellow travelers are, and that is where our work must be done. I pray that I may seek God early and often. December 24 A 'SANE AND HAPPY USEFULNESS' We have come to believe He would like us to keep our heads in the clouds with Him, but that our feet ought to be firmly planted on earth. Life was exciting, and I even began to enjoy my work, becoming so bold as to issue a report on the lack of proper care for some of our clients. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may not let God be crowded out by the hurly-burly of life. New friends were cropping up and some of my battered friendships had begun to be repaired. I was beginning to approach my new life of sobriety with unaccustomed enthusiasm. and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
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