AA Thought for the Day - December 2, 2015

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

December 2, 2015

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Awakening
When a man or a woman has a spiritual awakening, the most important meaning of it
is that he has now become able to do, feel, and believe that which he could not do on his unaided strength and resources alone.
He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new state of consciousness and being.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pp. 106-107

Thought to Ponder . . .
A spiritual awakening is our greatest gift.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A A = Always Aware.

A Member Shares:
I'm Pammy, and I am an alcoholic.  When I started working the Steps, I was a little vague on Step 12.  I didn't know what a spiritual awakening was supposed to feel like, nor did I ask.  I was expecting something on a grand scale since I was so sure I was special, dontcha know.  I started opening up more because I was getting frustrated again, and the last time that happened I relapsed.  I was more afraid of that happening again than asking and looking the fool.  My sponsor talked to me about motives.  I had always been a people-pleaser and could never say no.  I wanted people not so much to like me, but not to be hated.  I was afraid of getting it wrong, as well.  Today, I ask myself to sit back and pray for the right time to enter when reaching out.  Those little "I can't, I don't know how" thoughts are fading and those "oh my God, I can!" are my little awakenings.  My motives are clear.  I'm no hero ... that's God's spot.  My living as a sober example is my service, and He leads me.  Like a sponsor, I can't be a babysitter, or a marriage counselor.  I am just here to show others that there is life after the bottle has been chucked away.  Thank you.
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In love and service,
joanna b
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