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

July 23, 2017

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Step Seven
When ready, we say something like this:
"My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad.
I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which
stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows.
Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do your bidding. Amen."
We have then completed Step Seven.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 76

Thought to Ponder
The gritty pain of alcoholism is the traction of recovery.

AA-related 'Alconym'
A S A P  =  Always Say A Prayer.

A Member Shares:
Hello family, Mike alcoholic.  I know we are talking about character defects and them being removed.  I believe someone told me that character defects and shortcomings were the same thing except Bill did not want to use the same word twice.  When I worked my fourth and fifth steps I saw my part in the way I lived my life.  I finally realized who I was without God in my life.  I saw that I was liar, thief, cheat, manipulator, and other things.  I think the revelation that I was those things was crucial.  I also had to make sure that I did not fall into morbid reflection.  That was hard.  I would say the 7th step prayer on a daily basis.  It talks about removing character defects that stand in the way of our usefulness to God and my fellows, and then at the end we ask for strength to do God's will.  But the revelation that I could be someone different gave me hope.  When I was looking at all the people that I had hurt and how I was living a lie it was hard to digest. But having that 6th and 7th step to fall back on was key.  Really, my main point for me to remember is that those defects of character are my true character without God in my life and relying upon Him.  Those ways of living have crept back into my life at times because I was not living in recovery by my actions.  See it's not important what I say or think as much as it is important as what I do.  Someone told me you can't think your way into right acting but you can act your way into right thinking.  So to me the removal of character defects could be summed up in a few sentences.  I can't, He can, and I think I will let him.  Love you all.

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