AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)

January 5, 2025
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To Run the Show
Most people try to live by self-propulsion. Each person is like
an actor who wants to run the whole show; is forever trying to
arrange the lights, the ballet, the scenery and the rest of the
players in his own way. If his arrangements would only stay
put, if only people would do as he wished, the show would
be great. Everybody, including himself, would be pleased.
Life would be wonderful.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) pp. 60 - 61
 

Thought to Ponder
First of all, we had to quit playing God. It didn’t work.
 

AA-related 'Alconym'
L E T  G O  =  Leave Everything To God, Okay?
 

A Member Shares:
I am Eddy, an alcoholic. Dealing with expectations is a frequent topic at meetings. It isn't wrong to expect progress of myself, good things from life, or decent treatment from others. Where I get into trouble is when my expectations become demands. I will fall short of what I wish to be and situations will go in ways I do not like because people will let me down sometimes. The only question is: "What am I going to do about it?" Wallow in self-pity or anger; retaliate and make a bad situation worse; or will I trust in God's power to bring blessings on the messes in which I find myself? Will I ask Him what I should be learning; do I keep on doing the right things I know how to do, no matter what; do I take time to share my faith and blessings with others? I was preparing for the meeting. Made me really glad God is running the show and not Eddy. When I came into the rooms I didn't know what to expect. I knew my way didn't work and that there was real hope in AA, and I was willing to work the steps and do what it takes. I stopped trying to run the Eddy show. Stopped directing the stage and let God the ultimate producer run the show. Now some time has gone by and I like so many others do get frustrated from my interactions with others, to the external circumstances and it's easy to get frustrated. I use a lot of the tools you all have given me here. Praying for God to make me more tolerant and addressing whatever it is that has me thinking I need to control a situation. The outcome is always the same and will always be the same. I am powerless and I need God to run the show that I would other wise make a mess of. Very grateful to be here, and learning how to do this daily, to let it go and let God do what God does best. Thanks.
 

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