AA Thought for the Day - May 19, 2015

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

May 19, 2015

Guilt
My conflicts went right on mounting because I was loaded with excuses and refusals.
When these troubles had finally exhausted me enough, there was yet another escape.
I would commence to wallow in the bog of guilt.  Here pride and rebellion would give way to depression. . .
Just as I had exaggerated my modest attainments by pride, so now I would exaggerate my defects through guilt. . .
Believe it or not, I took that to be great humility on my part, and I counted this as my sole remaining asset and consolation!
During those bouts with guilt, there was never a decent regret for the harms I had done.
- The Language of the Heart, p. 257

Thought to Ponder . . .
Serenity is not the absence of conflict but the ability to cope with it.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
G U I L T = God Understands I Lack Trust.

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Blessings in sobriety to all,
In love and service,
joanna b
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