April-27 topics
- Apr 27, 2024
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This is my Tradition 5/7, step 12
Month of_ STEP 4_courage
Topic: Convenience of sobriety vs the hardships of addiction?
QUOTE: I noticed my hopelessness was because I had lost my freedom of choice.---AA member
Pancake Marathon:
To show up to see what happens is just what it takes, it takes the willingness to be able to keep up with the ability to find what it is about: what is it, life; it is life that keeps up with the life that you are willing to be part of, it is up to you. So what is then the point of life, is to show up and see what value you, you can add; to be able to see that life is about the point of showing up and being a part of it: keeping in mind that you are life and that is what life is happening the way that it is.
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acronyms and SLOGANS: Organized by Pancake Marathon
Push as like you have nothing to lose, for you already lost yourself; Cultivate an attitude of gratitude; But For The Grace Of God is what is the why for us to see that God doesn't make junk.
Acronyms
PUSH: Pray Until Something Happens
GOD: Good Orderly Direction
Slogans
Cultivate an attitude of gratitude
But For The Grace Of God
God doesn't make junk
Slogans are wisdom written in shorthand and Acronyms are just the sum/the Virtues, of all that wisdom: WISDOM: When In Self, Discover Our Motives
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Slogans (underlined) blog page Acronyms (bold) blog page Principles (italic): A.A. files
Step 12/to give where credit is due I got all of these readings from "recovery HQ" _ but I put them in a Living life on life's terms and to Better care of the message and you can actually find all of them in Daily Readings and Inspirations
Keep It Simple
I noticed my hopelessness was because I had lost my freedom of choice.---AA member
By doing a Fourth Step, we start to see ourselves more clearly. We see how we've acted against ourselves. Soon, we hear a little voice inside telling us to stop before we act. "Are you sure you want to say or do that?" the little voice asks. Then we make a choice: we do something the same old way, or we try a new way. One part of us will always want to do things the old, sick way. This is natural. But we're getting stronger every day. Our spirit wants to learn new ways so we can be honest and loving. Sometimes we don't know how. But we still have a choice. We can ask for help.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me listen to the little voice inside that helps me see that I have choices.
Action for the Day: Today, I'll make a choice between old ways and new ways of acting. I will call my sponsor this evening to talk about my choices.
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NA Just For Today: Recognizing And Releasing Resentments (Justice_ step 5)
"We want to look our past in the face, see it for what it really was, and release it so we can live today." Basic Text p. 28
Many of us had trouble identifying our resentments when we were new in recovery. There we sat with our Fourth Step in front of us, thinking and thinking, finally deciding that we just didn't have any resentments. Perhaps we talked ourselves into believing that we weren't so sick after all.
Such unwitting denial of our resentments stems from the conditioning of our addiction. Most of our feelings were buried, and buried deep. After some time in recovery, a new sense of understanding develops. Our most deeply buried feelings begin to surface, and those resentments we thought we didn't have suddenly emerge.
As we examine these resentments, we may feel tempted to hold onto some of them, especially if we think they are "justified." But what we need to remember is that "justified" resentments are just as burdensome as any other resentment.
As our awareness of our liabilities grows, so does our responsibility to let go. We no longer need to hang on to our resentments. We want to rid ourselves of what's undesirable and set ourselves free to recover.
Just for today: When I discover a resentment, I'll see it for what it is and let it go.
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Daily Reflections: JOYFUL DISCOVERIES (Guidance_step 4)
We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit something you haven't got. See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for us. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 164
Sobriety is a journey of joyful discovery. Each day brings new experience, awareness, greater hope, deeper faith, broader tolerance. I must maintain these attributes or I will have nothing to pass on.
Great events for this recovering alcoholic are the normal everyday joys found in being able to live another day in God's grace.
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