
Good Day my Friends,
I have read this before, many times, however as I grow older and a tad bit wiser and my Sobriety matures a tad bit after 19 plus yrs, I find it hitting me stronger n stronger, and have had to read it over and over again in the same sitting.
Now please ignore the AA, and word alcoholism in reading if you are not, and you could substitute any challange you may have in life with your own personal growth, drugs, food, sex, shopping, gambling, etc...
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Acceptance
Page 417 Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous-A.A. Big Book –
Acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation- some fact of my life- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God's world by mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept my life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes
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Since 2 Fridays ago when at a Literature meeting and it was brought up n read, I have become so attached to it and find it popping up in my daily activites so often, with great joy, that this can become such a awareness and conscious one to be activated and applied so strongly...
Obviously so needed in my life, The Higher Power seems to throw things in that are so needed right at the right moment, now If I wasn't diligently practicing my program of the 12 Steps it would have passed by me as these things have in the past, ODAAT, one day at a time we learn something new, that is our growth.
Remember if your not growing you are moving backwards, you are not staggnint and staying where you are, in Recovery, growth is the key, remember if you are standing still you are moving backwards...
Namaste' to You All,
May all Blessings and Peace of Mind Be with You...
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