Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Sept 25, 2023 - Readings in Recovery: Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

 


Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024

Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:

AA Thought for the Day

All alcoholics have personality problems. They drink to escape from life, to counteract feelings of loneliness or inferiority, or because of some emotional conflict within them that means they cannot adjust themselves to life. Alcoholics cannot stop drinking unless they find a way to solve their personality problems. That's why going on the wagon doesn't solve anything. That's why taking the pledge usually doesn't work.

Was my personality problem ever solved by going on the wagon or taking the pledge?

Meditation for the Day

God illuminates your life with the warmth of His spirit. You must open up like a flower to this divine illumination. Loosen your hold on earth, its cares, and its worries. Unclasp your hold on material things, relax your grip, and the tide of peace and serenity will flow in. Relinquish every material thing and receive it back again from God. Do not hold on to earth's treasures so firmly that your hands are too occupied to clasp God's hands as He holds them out to you in love.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may be open to receive God's blessing. I pray that I may be willing to relinquish my hold on material things and receive them back from God.

Hazelden Foundation

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