Yah Bill!! That is the FE of the False Evidence which may Appear Real in my head. Today I know I don't have to believe it Thanks to HP and AA; and another thing I learned on this journey..."I am responsible for what I think"...go figure I use to think that my brain did it's own thing. I control it rather than the other way around...Such a concept and now a belief. I have a brain rather than a brain has me.
yes isnt is so powerful to know that we dont have to accept every thought that comes into our heads if i am having a day where its negative after negative though i silently say to myself no i am not accepting them thoughts and turn it into a positive or ask ask come on man help me out of this stinking thinking....it usually works.... it doesnt if i entertain the thoughts! simple as like you said :)
Well two things popped into my little brain, first is we are not responsible for our first thoughts, and the second one is about that saying of "The beginning of Real Knowledge is to understand we KNOW absolutely nothing"
Just something to think about....when I think I "know" something, sort of makes me chuckle, cause I believe I am way off base.....back to the blackboard, little brain o' mine.
Alcoholism is a disease of insanity. When I think controlling my thoughts is going to keep me sober, I'm setting myself up for problems. AA is not about mind-control, it's about giving up, understanding the depth of the problem, and doing the work to find a power that can solve your problem. It was never intended to be a program where we grind against daily urges. We can be fully recovered. That's AA.
charles I'm not suggesting I can think myself sober just that sometimes irrational thoughts (projection, fantasy, judgemental, false evidence) come into my head I don't have to believe them which improves my serenity so long as I remember this.
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It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you got. BB
