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December 25, 2016
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Miracles
The age of miracles is still with us. Our own recovery proves that!
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 153
Thought to Ponder . . .
Refresh your spirit with everyday miracles.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A A = Aways Awesome.
A Member Shares:
Hi everyone, my name is Ellen, an alcoholic and blessed. Today's topic shows us the miracles that happen in our journey of recovery. I was raised in the organized religion of my parents, as many of us were. I was taught to love God as a child, with all the dogma and stories of the saints, church attendance every Sunday, participation in the choir and sacrifices. But when I was a teenager, I started to become disillusioned about my faith. So many changes were going on in those formative years, and in those days there wasn't the kind of outreach that's available today. So for the most part, it was peer education. Alcohol was all around me growing up. When I first picked alcohol up, I was in nirvana. All my troubles disappeared — until the next day. I even stopped going to church. As my drinking continued, I pushed God farther and farther away. By the time I reached what was for me 'a bottom' (sick and tired of being sick and tired), I thought God had abandoned me. Today I know deep in my heart that God has always, always, been right here with me. The Steps have taught me what God wants of me as a precious child of His. I could never have done this alone. We do this together. I now believe in miracles because I am one. I have experienced a psychic change which enables me to think and behave in an emotionally healthy and spiritual way. In order to maintain that change I must practice the AA program. The Big Book has several 'musts' in it — not 'maybes,' not 'if you feel like,' it's musts! Thanks.
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