members reflect on favorite quotations from the. In working all the Steps thoroughly, I not only stay sober and help someone else to achieve sobriety, but also I transform my difficulty with living into a joy of living. A collection of readings that moves through the calendar year one day at a time: A.A. Eventually I learned that it was necessary for me to "practice these principles" in all areas of my life. This law of spiritual progress gives meaning and purpose to your life. I was forgetting that there were a total of Twelve Steps and that the Twelfth Step also had more than one part. Today try to be stronger, braver, more loving as a result of what you did yesterday. In the same way, I believed for a long time that, in order to be in tune with the Twelve Steps, it was enough for me "to carry this message to alcoholics." That was rushing things. and stopped drinking, it took a while before I understood why the First Step contained two parts: my powerlessness over alcohol, and my life's unmanageability. But unexpected things came out of our encounter, and my boss and I were able to agree to interact more directly and effectively in the future.įurthermore, how shall we come to terms with seeming failure or success? Can we now accept and adjust to either without despair or pride? Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and serenity? Can we steadfastly content ourselves with the humbler, yet sometimes more durable, satisfactions when the brighter, more glittering achievements are denied us? When I approached my boss and owned up to my hand in his difficulties, he was surprised. Hazelden Betty Fords Thought for the Day offers daily meditations for people in recovery or affected by addiction to alcohol or other drugs. In discussing the affair, my co-worker tried to reassure me that an apology was not necessary, but I soon became convinced that I had to do something, regardless of how it might turn out. I knew that my report had created the problem, and began to feel responsible for my boss's difficulty. Daily Reflection Alcoholics Anonymous JDaily Reflection, Big Book, AA principles, progress, The 12 Steps, Higher Power, program, tools, just for today, work, comfort Comment Older When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of A.A. One day a co-worker informed me that my boss was really sore because a complaint, submitted over his head, had caused him much discomfort at the hands of his superiors.
members reflect on favorite quotations from the literature of. Life was exciting, and I even began to enjoy my work, becoming so bold as to issue a report on the lack of proper care for some of our clients. A collection of readings that moves through the calendar year one day at a time: A.A. New friends were cropping up and some of my battered friendships had begun to be repaired. I was beginning to approach my new life of sobriety with unaccustomed enthusiasm. and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
0 kommentar(er)
