AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
November 19, 2014
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Listening
For weeks I sat in the back of the rooms, silent when others shared their experience, strength and hope.
I listened to their stories and found so many areas where we overlapped -- not all of the deeds,
but the feelings of remorse and hopelessness. I learned that alcoholism isn't a sin, it's a disease.
That lifted the guilt I felt.
- Alcoholics Anonymous,p. 344
Thought to Ponder . . .
I listen for direction now.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H E A R T = Healing, Enjoying, And Recovering Together.
A Member Shares:
Hi, I'm Peter, and I'm an alcoholic. When I first got sober, a new way of thinking was just so confusing to me. Everything seemed to be backside-first and nothing made sense. When that last day of drinking came, I’d just had enough and I was sick of ending up like this. I had lived 34 years, and all my best thinking just ended up with me always seeming to be back at Square One. I'd had tried so many things and ways to get sober -- everything from therapy to transcendental meditation. The blow came to me when this guy at a meeting asked me if I was really ready to listen this time. I had no idea if I was or not but, thank God, I did. I’d thought I knew it all. Once I started to just keep it really simple, listen, and follow instructions, an amazing thing happened. Not only was I not drinking, but my negativity and my outlook on life started to change little by slow. People noticed it before I did. So, if you're new or just coming back, there's really not much I can say other than to just try and listen to what we do, then do it. It seems to work for a good long time for me and I'm grateful for that. Thanks!
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Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carrying the AA message.
Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
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