7/16/2023 0 Comments Aa daily reflection oct 28![]() It is true, as many people say, that drinking can only make matters worse. We should never use such problems as an excuse for drinking. ![]() At the same time, we might be more sensitive to the real problems of living. It’s possible, too, that sobriety brings more responsibility, along with risks of failure. One is that we become aware of problems that were there all the time, although not acknowledged. It almost appears that some things were better when we were drinking.īut there are good reasons why sobriety brings new problems. Some people, for example, encounter marriage problems that lead to divorce. Sometimes sobriety turns up problems that were never apparent during one’s drinking days. This is not counsel of fear it is the prudent voice of long experience. as 100 per cent sobriety is to the life of each and every member. We now fully realize that 100 per cent personal anonymity before the public is just as vital to the life of A.A. member’s name–and story, too–had to be confidential, if he wished. When such stories got into circulation outside of A.A., the loss of confidence in our anonymity promise was severe. The aggrieved victim would then rightly declare that his trust had been broken. Enthusiastic over the spectacular recovery of a brother alcoholic, we’d sometimes discuss those intimate and harrowing aspects of his case meant for his sponsor’s ear alone. groups multiplied, so did anonymity problems. I pray that one step may be enough for me.Īs the A.A. I pray that I may not ask to see the distant scene. We do not know how His plans are laid, we only need to believe that if we trust Him and accept whatever happens as His will in a spirit of faith, everything will work out for the best in the end. It may not always seem the best thing at the present time, but we cannot see as far ahead as God can. ![]() We can bow to God’s will in anticipation of the thing happening which will, in the long run, be the best for all concerned. Though people falter through the dark and nations grope, with God Himself back of these little homes, we still can hope.” Have I come home? “There are homes where fires burn and there is bread, lamps are lit and prayers are said. A new companionship has developed which bodes well for the future. Understanding has taken the place of misunderstanding recriminations, bickering, and resentment. The total selfishness is gone and more cooperation has taken its place. My relationship with my husband or my wife is on an entirely new plane. What other rewards have come to me as a result of my new way of living? Each one of us can answer this question in many ways. Like the sun focused through a magnifying glass, A.A.’s single vision has lit a fire of faith in sobriety in millions of hearts, including mine. That purpose has promoted round-the-clock meeting schedules, and the thousands of intergroup and central service offices, with their thousands of volunteers. My beliefs are what make me human I am free to hold any opinion, but A.A.’s purpose - so clearly stated fifty years ago - is for me to keep sober. have never been scattered, but focused instead on our members and on individual sobriety. ![]() ![]() How much more grounded I feel to be in a Fellowship whose aims are constant and unflagging. How much it means to me that an unbroken tradition of more than half a century is a thread that connects me to Bill W. We conceive the survival and spread of Alcoholics Anonymous to be something of far greater importance than the weight we could collectively throw back of any other cause. ![]()
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