AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)
January 4, 2014
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Promises
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. . .
We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not to for ourselves.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 83-84
Thought to Ponder . . .
It works -- it really does.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H J F = Happy, Joyous, Free. Eenter.
A Member Shares:
Terry here, a grateful alcoholic. Embracing uncertainty isn't where I have yet arrived but I am learning to distinquish between expectations and promises. I know that throughout the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous there are Promises for every Step. It doesn't say I will win the lottery, but it does say I can be restored to sanity. My Higher Power and this program have given me a choice over taking a first drink. I don't know what the outcome of doing "the next right thing" will be, but I am finding that the more I pay attention to doing so, the happier I am. More gets revealed. And I am starting to know the meaning of the word Serenity and to know peace .. that part isn't uncertain; I see it in my life and in the lives of people around me. Sometimes I just stick around until more is revealed. So far, today, it works. Thanks.
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Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
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