AA Thought for the Day - July 18, 2015

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

July 18, 2015

The First Step
The First Step and I have always been great friends.
I repeated it every five seconds and thanked God each day for my sobriety -- the only grace, maybe, for that day.
Gradually, I began to see another part of me emerging -- a grateful me, expecting nothing,
but sure that another power was beginning to guide me, counsel me, and direct my ways.  And I was not afraid. . .
The adversities, loneliness, sickness, losses, and disappointments mean nothing now.
I'm happy, because I came to believe -- not only in God, but in the goodness in everyone.
- Came To Believe . . ., p. 45

Thought to Ponder . . .
What are you coming to believe?  Belief is a continuing action.

AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
K I S S = Keeping It Simple, Spiritually.

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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