Just for Today
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
"It was only a matter of being willing to believe in a Power greater than myself. Nothing more was required of me to make my beginning. I saw that growth could start from that point. Upon a foundation of complete willingness I might build what I saw ..." - Alcoholics Anonymous, 3rd Edition, 1976, Ch 1 ("Bill's Story"), p 12.
Just for today, the words of Bill W. himself, one of our Program's co-founders, should be empowering enough for me to take a leap of faith in a Power greater than myself, if I am still struggling with the concept of a Higher Power or God. Just as I was warned repeatedly in my drinking days that my spouse or partner would leave me, that I would be fired if I showed up at work hungover or drunk if I even showed up at all or my next DUI would be elevated to a felony, AA's co-founders and early members warn me now that I absolutely must come to believe in something stronger and better than myself if I hope to have a prayer at sobriety and recovery. In my drinking days, I didn't yield to many of the warnings I got and I got the outcome that was promised because I didn't stop drinking; today, I will yield to the warnings of the Program's developers and become at least WILLING to believe. And our common journey continues. Just for today. - Chris M., 2012
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
"It was only a matter of being willing to believe in a Power greater than myself. Nothing more was required of me to make my beginning. I saw that growth could start from that point. Upon a foundation of complete willingness I might build what I saw ..." - Alcoholics Anonymous, 3rd Edition, 1976, Ch 1 ("Bill's Story"), p 12.
Just for today, the words of Bill W. himself, one of our Program's co-founders, should be empowering enough for me to take a leap of faith in a Power greater than myself, if I am still struggling with the concept of a Higher Power or God. Just as I was warned repeatedly in my drinking days that my spouse or partner would leave me, that I would be fired if I showed up at work hungover or drunk if I even showed up at all or my next DUI would be elevated to a felony, AA's co-founders and early members warn me now that I absolutely must come to believe in something stronger and better than myself if I hope to have a prayer at sobriety and recovery. In my drinking days, I didn't yield to many of the warnings I got and I got the outcome that was promised because I didn't stop drinking; today, I will yield to the warnings of the Program's developers and become at least WILLING to believe. And our common journey continues. Just for today. - Chris M., 2012
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