I thought it did. And I was doing everything in MY power to keep the stars and the galaxies orbiting around me. Amazing what happens when I give my HP the power and let my HP control the movement of the cosmos. Things get a little easier.
I think there's an invisible principle of living...if we believe we're guided through every step of our lives, we are. Its a lovely sight, watching it work.
isn't life is less stressful?? .... me not helping God do God things and me living one day at a time accepting His grace and His help to not drink over not being in charge of everyone ones opinion of me. in fact, i am content now to just be me and work on me. AA has helped "me" be a smaller, happier part of the larger, grander picture. thank you, VVT
No one else wanted to listen to me, see me or hear me before. Its great to have a helping hand and to me that's what AA is all about. How else would I have come to believe. When I had given up on my God the bottle and life, he came and saved me :}
I too am a better me than ever before.
Thank you all for being here for me and helping me stay sober another day.
Another great dividend we may expect from confiding- our defects to another human being is humility-a word often misunderstood. . . . it amounts to a clear recognition of what and who we really are, fol-lowed by a sincere attempt to become what we could be.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 58
I knew deep inside that if I were ever to be joyous, happy and free, I had to share my past life with some other individual. The joy and relief I experienced after doing so were beyond description. Almost immediately after taking the Fifth Step, I felt free from the bondage of self and the bondage of alcohol. That freedom remains after 36 years, a day at a time. I found that God could do for me what I couldn't do for myself.
From the book Daily Reflections.
Thought I would share this and just add that for me I felt free the moment I realised that if I did as everyone else was doing and used the program in my everyday life, things would get better. Did I need to rush things, No, I read something that said.. Easy dose it. Things became clear to me as I found myself and disclosed myself with time. Yes time and work has given me the freedom from the bondage of my old self.
