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sha h 
Location: Ireland
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 Posted: 30 Jul 2010 at 11:02pm |
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Hello everyone, especially new-comers. I am well and taking little steps in my recovery. My life was one long self-will run riot so there's a lot of spade work to be done... Take care all.
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Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
Seren Kierkegaard
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VIC S.
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Posted: 31 Jul 2010 at 6:01am |
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Howdy ALL,
Vic here and I'm an alcoholic.
Regardless of what the topic of the week is, I felt if I don't get this...if I don't ingrain this...One Day At A Time...the rest doesn't matter.
AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AAOnline.net)
July 31, 2010
First Step
We found that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves
that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery.
The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be,
has to be smashed.
~ Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 30
Thought to Ponder . . .
Take the first step in faith.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A B C = Accept, Begin, Continue.
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If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
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Drew
Location: Austin, Texas
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Posted: 31 Jul 2010 at 7:39am |
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(Doug A), regarding the 4th dimension of existence, the BB says on pg. 130 "We have come to believe He would like us to keep our heads in the clouds with Him, but that our feet ought to be firmly planted on earth. That is where our fellow travelers are, and that is where our work must be done."
For me the 4th dimension is living in the here and now - in the moment - in the world of the Spirit, in the world of being of service to our fellows. That was an idea passed on by an AA three years ago and it makes sense to me, because at times it's very hard for me to stay in the moment. My ego and self-will want to know what's going to happen tomorrow and how I am going to be part of making it happen.
The latter part of this week has been more comfortable than the first couple of days when I got the news about a job that I didn't want to hear. After all, I had said "Thy will be done" before I made the call to the hiring manager, so all I had to do was live up to that. Which I did. After a little foot dragging. And then kinda grudgingly. But by Wednesday, everything was more upbeat in my busy little head and I am grateful. Hope everyone's week is ending well.
Edited by Drew - 31 Jul 2010 at 7:41am
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Sober since December 21, 2005. "Do I carry the AA priciples with me wherever I go? Do I see a gradual and continuing change in myself?" Twenty-Four Hours a Day, 9/24 and 9/25
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Corinne
Location: HeavenlyMind
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Posted: 01 Aug 2010 at 6:40am |
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We read this portion of the BB (pgs 62&63) at our Saturday 3rd Step Mtg. every week. I use a portion of it as my tag-line.
"Selfishness~~~self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt.
So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn't think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must or it kills us!...."
We continue reading past that on through the 3rd Step prayer outlined on page 63.
In this morning's mtg a woman with 29 years sober this month spoke of how these words can be as true for her in any given day at 29 years sober, as they were at any other point in her sobriety, or before sobriety. Her lead provided some very good shares from long-sober members today on how when life gives us bumps in the road, whether they be bumps that manifest as downward or upward turns in our lives, it is important to stay centered in each moment we are in... "Thy will, not mine be done."
I love the way B has with keeping everyone as equals in the Fellowship. We are all sober just One Day at a Time. Helps me keep out of the drama others would want to drag me into with them, I'll tell ya that much! LOL!!!
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"Your job now is to be at the place where you may be of maximum helpfulness to others..."Pg102
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July 25 - 31 2010. Self-Will Run Riot.