January-13 topics
- Jan 13, 2024
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Daily Reflections: IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT
We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85
The most common alcoholic fantasy seems to be: "If I just don't drink, everything will be all right." Once the fog cleared for me, I saw -- for the first time -- the mess my life had become. I had family, work, financial and legal problems; I was hung up on old religious ideas; there were sides of my character to which I was inclined to stay blind because they easily could have convinced me that I was hopeless and pushed me toward escape again. The Big Book guided me in resolving all of my problems. But it didn't happen overnight -- and certainly not automatically -- with no effort on my part. I need always to recognize God's mercy and blessings that shine through any problem I have to face.
NA Just For Today: Surrender To Win
" Help for addicts begins only when we are able to admit complete defeat." Basic Text, p. 22
Complete defeat-what a concept! That must mean surrender. Surrender-to give up absolutely. To quit with no reservations. To put up our hands and quit fighting. Maybe to put up our hand at our first meeting and admit we're addicts.
How do we know we've taken a First Step that will allow us to live drug-free? We know because, once we have taken that gigantic step, we never have to use again-just for today. That's it. It's not easy, but it's very simple.
We work the First Step. We accept that, yes, we are addicts. "One is too many, and a thousand never enough." We've proven that to ourselves enough times. We admit that we cannot handle drugs in any form. We admit it; we say it out loud, if necessary.
We take the First Step at the beginning of our day. For one day. This admission frees us, just for today, from the need to live out our addiction all over again. We've surrendered to this disease. We give up. We quit. But in quitting, we win. And that's the paradox of the First Step: We surrender to win, and by surrendering we gain a far greater power than we ever imagined possible.
Just for today: I admit that I am powerless over my addiction. I will surrender to win.
PUSH: Pray Until Something Happens
T R U S T = Try Relying Upon Steps and Traditions.
THINK: is it...? Thoughtful. Honest. Intelligent.Necessary. Kind.
QTIP: Quit. Taking. It. Personally
Push to have trust to then be able to think so you can qtip.
Although we are not responsible for our disease we are responsible for our recovery
Cultivate an attitude of gratitude
Easy does it
From myself: if I was not me then I was the hurt and if I let the hurt go then I will be able to get to a point of sanity.
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