AA Thought for the Day - November 29, 2015

AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AA-Alive.net)

November 29, 2015

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The Light
"Believe more deeply.  Hold your face up to the Light, even though for the moment you do not see."
- As Bill Sees It, p. 3

Thought to Ponder . . .
From darkness comes light.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
H O P E = Heart Open; Please Enter.

A Member Shares:
Hi all, I'm Kim and have alcoholism.  In 1988, I was in AA for the first time.  I don't know for how long, or even if I was really practicing the Steps.  I finally had an experience that became a beacon of light to follow.  I came to realize that we are all one, all connected, and everywhere all at the same time, cosmos, body, one another.  And that there is nothing to fear; love is the ultimate power of the universe.  I do not believe I really did anything for this.  It was Grace.  I didn't know what it was until I shared it with an AA friend.  I couldn't put anything together at the time at all.  I thought the Steps were not congruent; there was no real picture.  I still had so much self-will and ego.  In retrospect, this was something to grow into and not expect.  I was still at home under abusive situations and struggling with a myriad of problems over the simplest things.  I believed myself to be the exception, and that all that is God is innately in others but I was put out in the darkness.  As I worked on my ego, it changed.  I became speaking from a place where the experience must mean I'm special, and I'm not.  I acted as if what the experience told me was the truth, but didn't kick the alcohol or carry on working any Steps.  I didn't really know that this was the factor to help me with carrying on in God's will, not mine.  Anyway, I am here now.  That experience many years ago is still a beacon of light and just as real in truth as it was 28 years ago.  I understand the umbrella of congruence of the Steps now and am working the program.  I do not expect anything and am getting right-sized.  Now I can see what I can do and am doing it.  I love this program.  It took hitting a bad enough bottom to really see how powerless I am.  Thanks for listening.
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