Honesty will be our guide as we look carefully at any estrangements in our lives. We need to accept them if we’ve done everything possible to correct the problem. We need to check carefully to make sure that pride and bitterness on our part aren’t prolonging the estrangement.īut some of these estrangements have been chosen by others. Where estrangements have occurred, we are always responsible for any wrongs on our part. Sometimes these estrangements continue into sobriety and fester as a source of resentment. So here I am!”Ī number of alcoholics become estranged from members of their family. “As many an alcoholic has said, ‘I came to the place where it was either into A.A. “We have succeeded in confronting many a problem drinker with that awful alternative, ‘This we A.A.’s do, or we die.’ Once this much is firmly in his mind, more drinking only turns the coil tighter. “My observation is that some people can get by with a certain amount of postponement, but few can live with outright rebellion.” Procrastination is really sloth in five syllables. I pray that I may realize the higher value of spiritual things. I pray that I may not be overwhelmed by material things. Learn to rely on God’s power more and more and in that reliance you will have an insight into the greater value of things of the spirit. Set your hopes on spiritual things so that you may grow spiritually.
There is weariness in an abundance of things. Do not set all your hopes and desires on material things. Know that whatever the future may hold, it will hold more and more of good. In these times of quiet meditation, try more and more to set your hopes on the grace of God. taught me not to run away, but to face reality. Alcohol deadens the brain cells that preside over our highest faculties and we are off to the unreal world of drunkenness. Everyone knows that alcohol, by relaxing inhibitions, permits a flight from reality.
Each attempt at escape weakened my personality by the very attempt. But in the morning light the real world was back again and facing it was harder than ever, because I had less resources with which to meet it. Drinking built up an unreal world for me and I tried to live in it. I no longer try to escape life through alcoholism.
#Aa daily reflection 18th 2019 free
I can “Let Go and Let God” by humbly repeating: “Thy will, not mine, be done.” Patience and persistence in seeking His will for me will free me from the pain of selfish expectations. As the day goes on, I can pause when facing situations that must be met and decisions that must be made, and renew the simple request: “Thy will, not mine, be done.” I must always keep in mind that in every situation I am responsible for the effort and God is responsible for the outcome. I ask simply that throughout the day God place in me the best understanding of His will that I can have for that day, and that I be given the grace by which I may carry it out.
… when making specific requests, it will be well to add to each one of them this qualification.” … if it be Thy will.”
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