"I know that my errors of yesterday still have their effect; that my shortcomings of today may likewise affect our future. So it is, with each and all of us."
I prefer
" the alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others" " He is like the farmer who came up out of his cyclone cellar to find his home ruined. To his wife he remarked, don't see anything the matter here, Ma. Ain't it grand the wind stopped blowin?"
I don't know...I don't always agree with these Grapevine quotes....I had a hard time wrapping my head around this one....I think I prefer....
We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
pg 83
No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
pg 84
I guess I look at the effect of my errors of yesterday...Is they can become my greatest asset.
Glad I'm not the only one Stepman ... or maybe we 'analyze' too much ??? ... anywho, my 'errors of yesterday' need not bother me unless I invite them in to do so ... ... ...
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'Those who leave everything in God's hand will eventually see God's hand in everything.'
Good....I'm glad I'm not the only one that saw it like that.....I mean...That's why we work those first nine steps...To clear that wreckage away. I don't need to be carrying any around with me...Unless I can use it to help another.
That's key...
But the ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly armed with facts about himself, can generally win the entire confidence of another alcoholic in a few hours. Until such an understanding is reached, little or nothing can be accomplished.
pg 18
That's how my sponsor won my trust....I couldn't believe the things he told me.
-- Edited by Stepchild on Thursday 26th of June 2014 02:19:04 PM
I go to a good one every Saturday....I'd say it's my favorite meeting. You have to try pretty hard to get off track at a BB meeting....Learn something Enigma...LOL!!
You aren't the only one's. That makes three of us! Anytime I make amends for my mistakes, and restore my relationships, God seems to somehow turn those mistakes into something useful. Don't know how He does it. But, I've seen Him do it over and over again in my own life.
