Through my willingness to depend upon my Higher Power, whom I choose to call God, all my needs are provided for by Someone Who knows me better than I know myselfโeven the needs I may not realize, as well as the ones yet to come - AA Daily Reflections, 3/18 #overeatersanonymous
To act, to never grow weary in my Twelfth Step work, is the key. If I am capable of laughing today, let me not forget those days when I cried. - AA Daily Reflections December 9 #overeatersanonymous#oa#recovery
God provides the path back to Him and to His gift of serenity and comfort. First, however, I must be willing to acknowledge my fears and understand their source and power over me. I frequently ask God to help me understand how I separate myself from Him - AA Daily Reflections
Help from a Higher Power, the gift of sobriety, came to me when an otherwise unexplained desire to stop drinking coincided w my willingness to accept the suggestions of the men and women of A.A. I had to surrender, for only by reaching out to God and my fellows could I be rescued
I am powerless over how other people work (or don't work) the Steps. But I've also learned I am not powerless over..my attitudes..I am not powerless over assuming responsibility for my own recovery. I have the power to exert a positive influence on..the world in which I live
I have found that pain is a friend; it lets me know there is something wrong with my emotions, just as a physical pain lets me know there is something wrong with my body. When I take the appropriate action through the Twelve Steps, the pain gradually goes away
To act, to never grow weary in my Twelfth Step work, is the key. If I am capable of laughing today, let me not forget those days when I cried. God reminds me that I can feel compassion! - AA Daily Reflections December 9
As I continued to go to meetings & work the Steps, something began to happen to me. I felt confused b/c I wasn't sure what it was..then I realized I was experiencing serenity. It was a good feeling, but where had it come from? Then I realized ". . . as the result of these stepsโ
P 76 of the Big Book: โIf we havenโt the will to do this, we ask until it comes. Remember it was agreed at the beginning we would go to any lengths for victory over alcohol.โ
My willingness to admit when the fault is mine facilitates the progression of my growth and helps me to become more understanding and helpful to others - AA Daily Reflections, October 13
Today I am grateful for a new life, one in which my prayers are those of thanksgiving. My prayer time is more for listening than for talking. I know today that if I cannot change the wind, I can adjust the sail...I know there is a graceful way of being right, &many ways 2be wrong
1 way to keep the channel open and to improve my conscious contact with God is to maintain a grateful attitude. On the days when I am grateful, good things seem to happen....The instant I start cursing things in my life, however, the flow of good stops...
...through unremitting inventories of myself, I admit, acknowledge and accept responsibility for my wrong-doing. It is possible then for me to grow into a deeper and better understanding of humility - AA Daily Reflections October 13