About michael_e
Retired in Florida, God's waiting room. Jack of all trades master of none...when I stop learning you can feed me to the fishes. Becoming a curmudgeon and learning to love it.
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“Those adolescent urges
that so many of us have
for complete approval,
utter security, and
perfect romance –
urges quite appropriate
to the age seventeen –
prove to be an impossible
way of life at forty-seven or fifty-seven.”
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As Bill Sees It p 330
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At 49 I woke up and the kind folks from A.A.
were only too glad to show me that I was emotionally
only seventeen, still chasing skirts and keg parties.
Divorced twice and with a score of bad relationships
strewn out along the way, my alcoholic, self centered, selfish,
egomaniac who suffered with an inferiority complex
had no idea how to love, how to develop a healthy relationship.
The current relationship is going on twenty six years,
thanks to a Higher Power and the program of A.A.
Recovery is to start growing emotionally and spiritually.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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ME and the Boss
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“ As individuals,
we can and should work
with those that promise
success –
even a little success.”
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As Bill Sees It p 147
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Don’t prejudge, that is the job of a Higher Power.
Never forget the paradox, I cannot keep my sobriety,
unless I give it away, but, don’t waste your time.
Work with those who want it, who promise
to go to any lengths to achieve sobriety.
The First Step is the best judge.
Today, protect your sobriety,
work with another drunk.
Recovery is to work with those who show promise.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“Most surely,
there can be no trust
where there is no love,
nor can there be real love
where distrust holds
its malign way.”
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As Bill Sees It p 144
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Trust and love appear to be the same word,
or in other words,
you cannot have one without the other.
God loves you and He wants you
to love yourself, the soul
that is anxious to do His will,
to do the next right thing.
Today, trust those who love you unconditionally,
until you learn to trust and love yourself.
Recovery is trusting in unconditional love.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“Once one is fairly sober,
and sure of this,
there seems no reason for failing
to talk about A.A. membership
in the right places.
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Word of mouth is one of our
most important communications.”
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As Bill Sees It p 120
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“Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all of our traditions.”
However, we are responsible
and when necessary we should be the hand of A.A.
that reaches out to the still suffering alcoholic.
Today, each situation is unique, should I or should I not
speak about A.A., when in doubt,
call your sponsor.
Recovery is to share your A.A. experience in the right places.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“The prideful righteousness
of “good people” may often
be just as destructive as
the glaring sins of those
who are supposedly
not so good.”
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As Bill Sees It p 107
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A swelled head can only block the view
of those coming into the rooms behind us.
Humility and gratitude will keep us sober.
Be yourself, everyone else has already been taken.
Today, be good, but not so good that
“prideful righteousness” will distort the reality
that you may see in yourself or others.
Recovery is to avoid prideful righteousness.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“When we consult
an A.A. friend,
we should not be
reluctant to remind him
of our need for
full privacy.”
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As Bill Sees It p 102
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Among many reasons, the negative stigma currently held
by society regarding alcoholics and alcoholism is a good reason
for the fellowship to protect its anonymity.
Each individual has their own reason for the degree of anonymity
that they desire and it is the responsibility for the fellowship
to respect their wishes.
Today, don’t hesitate to establish your boundaries.
Recovery is to respect the privacy of the fellowship.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“This is why A.A.’s Twelfth Step
urges that we ‘practice these
principles in all our affairs.’
We are not living just
to be sober, we are living
to learn, to serve and to love.”
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As Bill Sees It p 95
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Stopping the drink was the easy part.
God did for me what I could not do for myself.
Learning to grow up, be responsible emotionally,
to learn, to serve, to love, is the really hard part.
Still not there ? ? ? , progress, not perfection.
Recovery is to learn, to serve and to love.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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