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Daily Readings and Inspirations

Daily Reflections: RESCUED BY SURRENDERING 

1. Characteristic of the so-called typical alcoholic is a narcissistic egocentric core, dominated by feelings of omnipotence, intent on maintaining at all costs its inner  integrity.... Inwardly the alcoholic brooks no control from man or God. He, the alcoholic, is and must be the master of his destiny. He will fight to the end to preserve that position. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p.311 

2. The great mystery is: "Why do some of us die alcoholic deaths, fighting to preserve the 'independence' of our ego, while others seem to sober up effortlessly in A.A.?" Help from a Higher Power, the gift of sobriety, came to me when an otherwise unexplained desire to stop drinking coincided with 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. 

NA Just For Today: Goodwill 

1. " Goodwill is best exemplified in service; proper service is doing the right thing for the right reason." Basic Text p. ix 

2. The spiritual core of our disease is self-centeredness. In dealing with others, the only motive our addiction  taught us was selfishness - we wanted what we wanted when we wanted it. Obsession with self was  rooted in the very ground of our lives. In recovery, how do we root self-obsession out? 

3. We reverse the effects of our disease by applying a few very simple spiritual principles. To counteract the  self-centeredness of our addiction, we learn to apply the principle of goodwill. Rather than seeking to  serve only ourselves, we begin serving others. Rather than thinking only about what we can get out of a  situation, we learn to think first of the welfare of others. When faced with a moral choice, we learn to  stop, recall spiritual principles, and act appropriately. 

4. As we begin "doing the right thing for the right reason;" we can detect a change in ourselves. Where once  we were ruled by self-will, now we are guided by our goodwill for others. The chronic self-centeredness  of addiction is losing its hold on us. We are learning to "practice these principles in all our affairs"; we are  living in our recovery, not in our disease. 

Just for today: Wherever I am, whatever I do, I will seek to serve others, not just myself. When faced with  a dilemma, I will try to do the right thing for the right reason.

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