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LIGHTING THE DARK PAST Cling to the thought that, in God’s hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have – the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery for them. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p 124 No longer is my past an autobiography; it is a reference […]
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Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. —Step Five— Step Five can be scary. we’re to take the wrongs we listed in our Fourth Step and share them with God, ourselves, and another person. We may look for an easier, softer way. But Step Five stops […]
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HEALING HEART AND MIND Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 55 Since it is true that God comes to me through people, I can see that by keeping people at a distance I also keep God at a distance. […]
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The body repeats the landscape. They are the source of each other and create each other. —Meridel Le Sueur— The beautiful correspondences that structure the world—from the five pointed star in the core of the apple to the snail-shell spiral of our inner ear—can be a source of great comfort to us. When we feel […]
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Insight is cheap. —Martha Roth— For years we kept ourselves in a split condition: With one part of our minds we looked at ourselves and said, “I do some self-destructive things because I don’t believe I deserve love.” When we became involved with unsuitable people or abused our bodies, we said, “I am punishing myself–I […]
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The A.A. program is one of charity because the real meaning of the word charity is to care enough about other people to really want to help them. To get the full benefit of the program, we must try to help other alcoholics. We may try to help somebody and think we have failed, but […]
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In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments—there are consequences. —Robert G. Ingersoll— In life, as in nature, we experience the consequences of our actions. Some consequences benefit us in very positive ways. Others teach harsh lessons. But no action avoids having some effect on the lives of other people, too. It is fortunate that […]
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Accustomed as we are to change, or unaccustomed, we think of a change of heart, of clothes, of life, with some uncertainty. —Josephine Miles— Being used to a situation, even a painful one, carries with it a level of comfort. Moving away from the pain, changing the situation, be it job, home, or marriage, takes […]
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The A.A. program is one of faith because we find that we must have faith in a Power greater than ourselves if we are going to get sober. We’re helpless before alcohol, but when we turn our drink problem over to God and have faith that He can give us all the strength we need, […]
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A GREAT PARADOX These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.’s all around the globe. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151 The great paradox of […]