AA Thought for the Day - November 18, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
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November 18, 2015

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Asking for Help
I went to a meeting of AA the next night, knowing I wanted what you had.
I sat in that cold metal chair and read Step One on the wall for the hundredth time.
But this time I asked with all my heart for God to help me, and a strange thing happened.
A physical sensation came over me, like a wave of pure energy,
and I felt the presence of God in that dingy little room.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 334-335

Thought to Ponder . . .
Simply asking for help seems to be a help in itself.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H E L P = His Ever-Loving Presence.

A Member Shares:
Hello Family, Lance here, an alcoholic.  I know what prevents me from asking for help.  In a word, it's Pride, and a down-deep feeling I can handle things without help, which is not true.  The only shame of alcoholism is not asking for help.  But once we do get that help we need, then the burden is back on our side of the street.  Having brought no trust with me into AA, following suggestions was a crap shoot.  The big offset for me was Hope.  I saw all of you could stay sober, and I thought heck maybe, just maybe, I could too.  Honesty wasn't one of my big-time qualities, although in my own mind I was a great humanitarian.  I did suffer from a huge ego together with an inferiority complex.  So saying, I'm an alcoholic, puts things right.  And I don't want to forget it either, lest I fall into some kind of self-delusion again.  Thanks for your patience.
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Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
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