March-13 topics

From Pancake Marathon: 

• It is up to us to find the special matter that we want to be having in our life, it is in that moment when we see that we can’t rest on our past actions to keep us as an active part of our recovery; finding that special thing that keeps us part of the world, we may for the first time be part of or getting back to it again.

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acronyms and SLOGANS: Organized by Pancake Marathon

• But For The Grace Of God helps us to see that Change is a process, not an event for that is how we are able to get back to a point in the love doing it sober because in the moments when we are going nuts we never Give time time and in that we must see that all we have to do is face the FEAR: Fight Everyone And Relapse that we have upon being able to change it into the FEAR: Face Everything And Rise; so we can see that God doesn't make junk and that we are apart of life and life happens only when we start seeing that we get to, so now we don’t have to other then pushing for something to help us take the steps that we need to Take your foot off of your throat for we have a gift to give because God doesn't make junk only when we see the wisdom we have been using, up to this point, so we can have Principles before personalities.

Slogans 

1. GOD: Good Orderly Direction

2. HOW: Honest Open Willing

3. LOVE: Let Others Voluntarily Evolve

4. NUTS: Not Using The Steps

5. FEAR: Fight Everyone And Relapse

6. FEAR: Face Everything And Rise 

7. PUSH: Pray Until Something Happens 

8. STEPS: Solutions To  Every Problem

9. GIFT: God Is Forever There

10. WISDOM: When In Self, Discover Our Motives 

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Slogans (underlined) blog page  Acronyms (bold) blog page  step (italic): A.A. files

NA Just For Today:   That One Special Person

1. "A sponsor is not necessarily a friend, but may be someone in whom we confide. We can share things  with our sponsor that we might not be comfortable sharing in a meeting." IP No. 11, "Sponsorship, Revised" 

2. We've asked someone to sponsor us, and the reasons we have for asking that particular person are as  many as the grains of sand on a beach. Perhaps we heard them share at a speaker meeting and thought  they were funny or inspiring. Perhaps we thought they had a great car and we would get one by working  the same program they work. Or maybe we live in a small town and they were the only person who had  the time available to help. 

3. Whatever our initial reasons for getting the sponsor we have, we're sure to find that our reasons for  keeping them are quite different. Suddenly they'll amaze us with some stunning insight, making us  wonder whether they've been sneaking peeks at our Fourth Step. Or maybe we're going through some sort  of life crisis, and their experience with the same problem helps us in ways we never dreamed possible.  We call them in pain, and they come up with a special combination of caring words that provide genuine  comfort. 

4. None of these remarkable feats on the part of our sponsor are mere coincidence. They've simply walked  the same path before us. A Higher Power has placed that one special person in our lives, and we are  grateful for their presence. 

5. Just for today: I will appreciate that one special person in my life - my sponsor. 

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Daily Reflections: A WORLD OF THE SPIRIT 

1. We have entered the world of the Spirit. Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness. This is not an overnight matter. It should continue for our lifetime. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 

2. The word "entered" . . . and the phrase "entered into the world of the Spirit" are very significant. They imply action, a beginning, getting into, a prerequisite to maintaining my spiritual growth, the "Spirit"  being the immaterial part of me. Barriers to my spiritual growth are self-centeredness and a materialistic  focus on worldly things. Spirituality means devotion to spiritual rather than worldly things, it means  obedience to God's will for me. I understand spiritual things to be: unconditional love, joy, patience,  kindness, goodness, faithfulness, self-control and humility. Any time I allow selfishness, dishonesty,  resentment and fear to be a part of me, I block out spiritual things. As I maintain my sobriety, growing  spiritually becomes a lifelong process. My goal is spiritual growth, accepting that I'll never have spiritual  perfection. 

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