AA Thought for the Day
May 27, 2002
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Willpower
It is when we try to make our will conform with God's
that we begin to use it rightly.
To all of us,
this was a most wonderful revelation.
Our whole problem had been the misuse of willpower.
We had tried to bombard our problems with it
instead of attempting to bring it into God's intention for us.
To make this increasingly possible
is the purpose of AA's Twelve Steps,
and Step Three opens the door.
Reprinted from Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Page 40, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
Thought to Ponder....
I can't do His will my way.
Recovery Related Acronym
W H O = Willingness, Honesty, Open-mindedness.
A Member Shares...
Hello! My name is John and I am an alcoholic.
It became evident to me from
my last set of difficulties that either I or God is in charge. There is no
sharing of power. It cannot be a program where I pick and choose what I ask
God about, and what I just decide to do. If I am in charge, I will be
forcing solutions, irritable, discontent, and vulnerable to my addictions. I
will have all kinds of excuses why I am running the show. But what I have
learned recently is that the payoff from having God guide my life is that I
have serenity. That is priceless. And I can become happy, joyous and free.
It just doesn't happen spontaneously, and sometimes I have to struggle with
my problems for quite a while before I realize that letting go, praying for
the people, places or things will give me serenity. The problems that I face
are never between you and me, they are always between me and God and as soon
as I back off and let God work, my life is much more fun. Thanks for being
here for me.
- John V.
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