The way our worthy alcoholics have sometimes tried to judge the less worthy is, as we look back on it, rather comical. Imagine, if you can, one alcoholic judging another! THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 37
Who am I to judge anyone? When I first entered the Fellowship I found that I liked everyone. After all, A.A. was going to help me to a better way of life without alcohol. The reality was that I couldnt possibly like everyone, nor they me. As Ive grown in the Fellowship, Ive learned to love everyone just from listening to what they had to say. That person over there, or the one right here, may be the one God has chosen to give me the message I need for today. I must always remember to place principles above personalities.
A.A. Thought for the Day
As we look back over our drinking careers, we must realize that our lives were a mess because we were a mess inside. The trouble was in us, not in life itself. Life itself was good enough, but we were looking at it the wrong way. We were looking at life through the bottom of a whiskey glass, and it was distorted. We could not see all the beauty and goodness and purpose in the world because our vision was blurred. We were in a house with one-way glass in the windows. People could see us but we could not look out and see them and see what life meant to them and should mean to us. We were blind then, but now we can see. Can I now look at life as it really is?
Meditation for the Day
Fear no evil, because the power of God can conquer evil. Evil has power to seriously hurt only those who do not place themselves under the protection of the Higher Power. This is not a question of feeling; it is an assured fact of our experience. Say to yourself with assurance that whatever it is, no evil can seriously harm you as long as you depend on the Higher Power. Be sure of the protection of God's grace.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that fear of evil will not get me down. I pray that I may try to place myself today under the protection of God's grace.
i think in AA as a member who is rather silent when it comes to personalities i get angered at the thought of accepting others when i have felt the negativity of other members. today there is to be a 'cake' to be given to me at this so called home group my pet peeve is that the group failed over the years to offer this cake and i have become bitter. i have practiced my AA program to the best of my ability but now i want to lash out i know should or could have changed home groups but i didn't. there are some personality issues with in this group i have wanted to addressed but i felt might it could messed up the newcomers who attend this meeting. i have bit my tongue but now i have been seething on the inside at the cavaleer offering up of this cake. i have been screwed up emotionally for quite a few years and have only recently shared this this with my family members and they have told me to back off on AA and it has served its perpose. i on the other hand have held on to the belief that the tradition of love tollerance and patience are my code. just as i have practiced in my personal life.and at the same time it has been practiced by others in AA towards me.so there has been some give and take on these issues i know others have felt this tention in this meeting because i have been to other peoples meetings who have attended this home group meeting of mine and have felt the animosity there by not being asked to speak. the easy answer others might tell me is it is a gratitude issue on my part but then these are the same ones i feel like going to war with<><><><><><><><><><><>what ever the out come of these differences i feel is yet to be dealt with and honestly and to be done with tact and common sense on my part. that is my personal experience and i hope others who read this comment i have shared and think i am lambasting AA but it is not i love the people in this program and what it has done for me and countless others i just had to get this off my chest and do it anonimosly for the sake of my sanity and others who might benifit from this thank you for hearing this out
Hello redshades and welcome to the board. Try and remember it's "Principals before personalities". It's a group of sick people trying to get well. Some are sicker than others. Remember it's their "Stuff", take the high road and don't let it bother you. I'm like a ghost at most of the meetings I attend. These are meetings that I've been attending since '93 when I got to FL. I used to know a lot of people, but a lot of them have moved or went back out. I tend to just listen as life is pretty good and stable these days. They seem to do just fine without my two cents. lol
i think in AA as a member who is rather silent when it comes to personalities i get angered at the thought of accepting others when i have felt the negativity of other members. today there is to be a 'cake' to be given to me at this so called home group my pet peeve is that the group failed over the years to offer this cake and i have become bitter. i have practiced my AA program to the best of my ability but now i want to lash out i know should or could have changed home groups but i didn't. there are some personality issues with in this group i have wanted to addressed but i felt might it could messed up the newcomers who attend this meeting. i have bit my tongue but now i have been seething on the inside at the cavaleer offering up of this cake. i have been screwed up emotionally for quite a few years and have only recently shared this this with my family members and they have told me to back off on AA and it has served its perpose. i on the other hand have held on to the belief that the tradition of love tollerance and patience are my code. just as i have practiced in my personal life.and at the same time it has been practiced by others in AA towards me.so there has been some give and take on these issues i know others have felt this tention in this meeting because i have been to other peoples meetings who have attended this home group meeting of mine and have felt the animosity there by not being asked to speak. the easy answer others might tell me is it is a gratitude issue on my part but then these are the same ones i feel like going to war with<><><><><><><><><><><>what ever the out come of these differences i feel is yet to be dealt with and honestly and to be done with tact and common sense on my part. that is my personal experience and i hope others who read this comment i have shared and think i am lambasting AA but it is not i love the people in this program and what it has done for me and countless others i just had to get this off my chest and do it anonimosly for the sake of my sanity and others who might benifit from this thank you for hearing this out