![]() We had a hard time "fitting in." Deep down, we believed that if we really let others get to know us, they would reject us. No matter how big the gathering, we always felt apart from the crowd. "When we accept ourselves, we can accept others into our lives, unconditionally probably for the first time."įrom our earliest memories, many of us felt like we never belonged. I pray that I may keep a strong hold on the lifeline of faith. I pray that no lack of trust or fearfulness will make me disloyal to God. I will look to God for help and trust Him for aid when I am emotionally upset. God will save me from doing wrong and from the cares and troubles of life. I will trust in this lifeline and never be afraid. It can be a strong line and no soul can be overwhelmed who is linked to God by it. On one end of the lifeline is our faith and on the other end is God's power. The lifeline, the line of rescue, is the line from the soul to God. Have I learned to admit that for me drinking has ceased to be fun and has become nothing but trouble? ![]() And when we found that this thing had happened to a lot of other people besides ourselves, we realized that perhaps we weren't such odd ducks after all. When we came into A.A., we found a lot of people who, like ourselves, had fun with drinking, but who now admitted that liquor had become nothing but trouble for them. We were foolish enough to believe that drinking could still be fun in spite of everything that happened to us. In the past, we kept right on drinking in spite of all the trouble we got into. © Copyright 1990 by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. In my life today, daily prayer and meditation, coupled with living the Twelve Steps, has brought about an inner peace and feeling of belonging which was missing when I was drinking. ![]() except that he doesn't seem to know it yet! We well know that this questioning individual will tell us six months or a year hence that he has found a faith in God.Ī spiritual experience can be the realization that a life which one seemed empty and devoid of meaning is now joyous and full. It is apparent to nearly everyone else present that he has received a great gift ". How often do we sit in AA meetings and hear the speaker declare, "But I haven't yet got the spiritual angle." Prior to this statement, he had described a miracle of transformation which had occurred in him - not only his release from alcohol, but a complete change in his whole attitude toward life and the living of it. Together WE Trudge The Road OF Happy Destiny ![]()
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