2/27/2024 0 Comments Daily reflections aa june 5th![]() And in times gone by, we did just that, sometimes too frequently. We have each had days when we preferred hiding under the covers, avoiding life at all costs. Better immersion than to live untouched.” “It is a long baptism into the seas of humankind, my daughter. Guide me and all others who are doing Your will today.Īction for the Day: Today, I’ll think of three things I can do to help spread the message of AA and NA. Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me stay sober today. As we share our experience, strength, and hope, we help others join us in coming back to life. All over the world, many of us were dying, and now we’re full of life and love. Why? Because the program brings our spirits back to life. “Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic, sharing experience, strength, and hope.”Īll over the world, recovering men and women use the same Twelve Steps to live their lives. I’ll remember today that true bonding is spiritual, not physical. Hand-holding and hugging may be here to stay, but let’s not make them out to be more than mere physical expressions. If such a person chooses to stand outside the hand-holding circle, he or she maybe cast in the role of dissenter. We must also consider that we may be violating the privacy of the person who doesn’t wish to hold hands or hug. The old-timers who never held hands or hugged still had a great closeness in spirit and in feeling. One thought, however, is that such physical actions do not necessarily mean that any true spiritual bonding has taken place. We have also seen more hugging than in the past, even between the most unlikely members.Īre these new practices good or bad? In accordance with AA tradition, we have to leave such questions to the group conscience. The custom of holding hands while saying the Lord’s Prayer has been adopted by many AA groups. If they are too noisy or troublesome, amiably keep out of their way.” “Just kid the boys along-ask them if they are having fun. After all, why should people who are drinking tell people who are dry how it should be done? ![]() ![]() “It does not seem to pay to argue with ‘slippers’ about the proper method of getting dry. Alcohol always threatens the individual, but we know that it cannot destroy the common welfare. Today, though slips are a very serious difficulty, as a group we take them in stride. We would all look at each other and say, “Who next?” Others would stay dry six months or maybe a year and then take a skid. At first nearly every alcoholic we approached began to slip, if indeed he sobered up at all. I pray that I may have the right answer to those who are confused.Īn early fear was that of slips or relapses. I pray that as I have received, so may I give. Remember that the giving of advice can never take the place of giving of your self. Give according to need, never according to deserts. Give your best to those who need it and will accept it. Give of yourself and of your loving sympathy. Then give of your own confidence, as you have had it given to you by the grace of God. Give something to those who are having trouble, to those whose thoughts are confused, something of your sympathy, your prayers, your time, your love, your thought, your self. Am I convinced that I can never get anything more out of drinking? The old mental conflict was back in full force. They knew they were doing the wrong thing. had taken all the pleasure out of drinking. Those who have had slips say unanimously that they were no fun. We are temporarily right back where we started from. We seem to deliberately make our minds a blank so far as A.A. We forget or refuse to call on the Higher Power for help. In spite of all we have learned in A.A., our old way of thinking comes back on us, sometimes with overwhelming force, and occasionally some of us have slips. I think the degree to which I continue to experience this new dimension is in direct proportion to the sincerity, depth and devotion with which I practice the Twelve Steps of A.A. My insanity and inner turmoil disappeared and I entered into a new dimension of hope, love and peace. ![]() But what usually happens is that a sense of well-being, a feeling of peace, transforms us into a new level of awareness. I tended to look for a miracle, something dramatic and earth shattering. puzzle over what a spiritual awakening is. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p 107 “He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new state of consciousness and being.”
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