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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“When in good meditation
and thus freed from the
clamors of the world,
he knows that he is in
God’s hands, that his
own ultimate destiny
is really secure, here
and hereafter, come what may.”
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As Bill Sees It p 293
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Prayer is asking for guidance, meditation is
listening for the answer.
The answer may come from that little voice
deep inside you that is most accurate when you
know that you are going to do the will
of your loving Higher Power.
The answer may also come from the voice
of another person that God has put in your life,
if you are willing to listen and you listen to learn.
Recovery is good listening which is good meditation.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“It seems to me
that the primary object
of any human being
is to grow ,
as God intended,
that being the nature
of all growing things.”
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As Bill Sees It p 294
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The A. A. fellowship and working the steps
has made clear to me that my alcoholism
stunted my emotional and spiritual growth.
After 30 years of drinking I awoke and found a
20 year old, still chasing skirts and keg parties.
Today, I try to work all of these principles
in all of my affairs with the guidance
of my loving Higher Power.
Recovery is to keep on growing.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“We now fully realize
that 100 per cent personal
anonymity before the public
is just as vital to the
life of A. A.
as 100 per cent sobriety
is to the life of each
and every member.”
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As Bill Sees It p 299
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How many times have we heard the first time visitor
to an A. A. meeting say,
‘ I’ve heard that A. A. is a brainwashing cult.’
Misinformation spread by someone who doesn’t know
or doesn’t care is a poison to A. A. and future drunks
who may find that A. A. will work for them.
Today, if you can’t remain anonymous,
at least tell the truth.
Recovery is 100 per cent personal anonymity.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“Above us,
at the International Convention
at St. Louis in 1955, floated a
banner on which was inscribed
the new symbol for A.A.,
a circle enclosing a triangle.
The circle stands for
the whole world of A.A.,
and the triangle stands for
A.A.’s Three Legacies:
Recovery, Unity, and Service.”
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As Bill Sees It p 307
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History tends to repeat itself and the history
of A.A., one drunk helping another, is a history
that we are happy to repeat.
Today, work your program, go to a meeting
and involve yourself in the workings of A.A.
by passing along that which was so freely
given to you.
Recovery is to know the history. “Why It Works”
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“In short the
‘all or nothing’
attitude is a
most destructive one,
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Don’t be disconcerted
by setbacks –
just start over.”
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As Bill Sees It p 308
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For the alcoholic who is selfish and self centered,
who wants what he wants and he wants it now,
instant gratification, there are many insignificant things
that can cause a set back.
Know that the world no longer rotates around you,
that God and/or some stupid person
will do something that we do not like, however,
that is no reason to pick up a drink.
Recovery is to ignore the stupid and keep on trying.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“Once an alcoholic
fully realizes that he
cannot get well alone,
he will somehow find
a way to get well
and stay well in
the company of others.”
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~ As Bill Sees It p 312
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The older I become,
the more I realize how little I know.
To learn more, I have discovered that
hanging out with a whole bunch of drunks
who have been there and done that
is the easy way to keeping my sobriety.
Recovery is being in the company of other alcoholics.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“Honesty
with ourselves
and others
gets us sober,
but it is tolerance
that keeps us that way.”
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As Bill Sees It p 312
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Following the suggestion, we take
an honest moral inventory of ourselves
and we find that we were not nice people.
Be tolerant, do not beat yourself up,
know that recovery is all about change
and once we have cleared the wreckage of the past
we can move on to living a life that is
happy, joyous and free.
Recovery is to be tolerant of ourselves.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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