Apr 28 Arrogance - Transitions Daily Alcohol Recovery Readings Podcast

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This is Transitions Daily for April 28th, read by Buddy C from Atlanta, Georgia.

AA Thoughts for the Day, Erragance. I am a firm believer in both guidance and prayer,

but I am fully aware and humble enough I hope to see there may be nothing infallible about my

guidance. The minute I figure I have got a perfectly clear pipeline to God, I have become

egotistical enough to get into real trouble. Nobody can cause more needless grief than a power

driver who thinks he has got it straight from God. As Bill sees at page 38,

thought to consider, the smallest package in the world is an alcoholic wrapped up in just themselves.

AA acronyms, ism, I sponsor myself. Some good ones today. Just for today, discovery from Bill's

story. At the hospital I was separated from alcohol for the last time. Treatment seemed wise.

Brosh out signs of delirium trimmings. There I humbly offered myself to God as I then understood

God to do with me as he would. I placed myself unreservedly under his care and direction.

I admitted for the first time that of myself I am nothing, that without him I am lost.

I ruthlessly faced my sins and became willing to have my newfound friend take them away,

root and branch, have not had a drink since. Alcoholics non-immos page 13. Daily reflections to

magnificent standards. All AA progress can be reckoned in terms of just two words, humility

and responsibility. Our whole spiritual development can be accurately measured by our degree of adherence

to these magnificent standards. As Bill sees it, page 271. To acknowledge and respect the views,

accomplishments and prerogatives of others and to accept being wrong shows me the way of humility.

To practice the principles of AA and all my affairs guides me to be responsible.

Honoring these precepts gives credence to tradition for and to all other traditions of the

fellowship. Alcoholics non-immos has evolved a philosophy of life full of valid motivations, rich

and highly relevant principles and ethical values, a view of life which can be extended beyond the

confines of the alcoholic population. To honor these precepts, I need only to pray and care for

my fellow man as if each one were my brother. As Bill sees it, pray lood to the program.

Few people will sincerely try to practice the AA program unless they have hit bottom.

For practicing AA steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no alcoholic who

is still drinking can dream of taking. The average alcoholic self-centered in the extreme doesn't

care for this prospect unless he has to do these things in order to stay alive himself.

12 steps and 12 traditions page 24. We know that the newcomer has to hit bottom,

otherwise not much can happen. Because we're drunks who understand him, we can use it depth,

the nutcracker of the obsession plus the allergy, as a tool of such power that it can shatter his

ego. Only thus can he be convinced that on his own unaided resources he has little or no chance.

That's from AA Today page 8. Big book quote, these men have found something brand new in life.

Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober,

that motive became secondary. It was transcended by the happiness they found in giving themselves

for others. Alcoholics anonymous a vision for you page 159. 24 hours a day, AA thought for the day.

We're so glad to be free from liquor that we do something about it. We get into action.

We come to meetings regularly. We go out and try to help other alcoholics.

We pass on the good news whenever we get a chance. In a spirit of thankfulness to God,

we get into action. The AA program is simple. Submit yourself to God, find a release from liquor

and get into action. Do these things and keep doing them and you're all set for the rest of your

life. Have I got into action? Meditation for the day. God's eternal quest must be the tracking down

of souls. You should join him in his quest through bryars, through waste places, through glades,

up mountain heights, down into valleys. God leads you. But ever with his leadership goes,

you're helping hand. Glorious to follow where the leader goes. You're seeking lost sheet.

You're bringing the good news into places where it has not been known before. You may not know which

soul you will help. But you can leave all results to God. Just go with him and his eternal quest

for souls. Prayer for the day. I pray that I may follow God in his eternal quest for souls. I

pray that I may offer God my helping hand. Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City,

Minnesota 55012. I'm buddy and I'm an alcoholic. We hope you enjoy today's readings. You can

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