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December 18, 2013
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Willingness
My level of comfort is in direct relationship
to the degree of willingness I possess at any given moment to give up my self-will,
and allow God's will to be manifested in my life.
With the key of willingness, my worries and fears are powerfully transformed into serenity.
- Daily Reflections, p. 75
Thought to Ponder . . .
I can't do His will my way.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
W H O = Willingness, Honesty, Open-mindedness.
A Member Shares:
Good morning everyone, my name is Debra and I am a grateful recovering alcoholic. I have been working on Step Three with my group for the last few weeks and have discovered that it is really at the heart of my recovery. When I first came into AA I was willing to turn my will over to anyone who could help me to stop feeling the way I was feeling. I was desperate. I hadn't lost any of the outside stuff but my insides were a total disaster -- my soul was basically dead. As time went on, I often asked the question "How do I know what God's will for me is?" I was baffled by this. But the more I come around, the clearer it is to me and sometimes the harder it is to follow. One thing I know for sure is that God, as I understand him/her, wants me to be sober and happy. But it is the day-to-day situations that sometimes confuse me so I try to keep a couple of things in mind. The first is that if ever I am confused about God's will for me I just don't do or say anything. I find that my gut usually gives me the answer, because the more AA I have in my head and in my heart, the more I get that unsettled feeling in my gut when something just doesn't feel right. And if I don't listen to that little voice inside my head and heart, I will get farther away from what God wants for me. And the farther I get away from that, the closer I get to picking up a drink. With all the noise of the world it is not always easy but if I just keep coming, the wisdom I get from AA drowns out all that noise. God will never lead me astray. And for today, I plan on turning my will and my life over to the God of my understanding. Thanks everyone for being here.
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Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carrying the AA message.
Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
dailythought@aa-alive.org
Good morning everyone, my name is Debra and I am a grateful recovering alcoholic. I have been working on Step Three with my group for the last few weeks and have discovered that it is really at the heart of my recovery. When I first came into AA I was willing to turn my will over to anyone who could help me to stop feeling the way I was feeling. I was desperate. I hadn't lost any of the outside stuff but my insides were a total disaster -- my soul was basically dead. As time went on, I often asked the question "How do I know what God's will for me is?" I was baffled by this. But the more I come around, the clearer it is to me and sometimes the harder it is to follow. One thing I know for sure is that God, as I understand him/her, wants me to be sober and happy. But it is the day-to-day situations that sometimes confuse me so I try to keep a couple of things in mind. The first is that if ever I am confused about God's will for me I just don't do or say anything. I find that my gut usually gives me the answer, because the more AA I have in my head and in my heart, the more I get that unsettled feeling in my gut when something just doesn't feel right. And if I don't listen to that little voice inside my head and heart, I will get farther away from what God wants for me. And the farther I get away from that, the closer I get to picking up a drink. With all the noise of the world it is not always easy but if I just keep coming, the wisdom I get from AA drowns out all that noise. God will never lead me astray. And for today, I plan on turning my will and my life over to the God of my understanding. Thanks everyone for being here.
To respond to the sharer, please email
(All shares are reproduced with the kind permission of the person sharing)
Thanks to all of you for sharing so generously of your experience, strength and hope in carrying the AA message.
Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
dailythought@aa-alive.org
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