Mar 16 Honesty - Transitions Daily Alcoholics Anonymous Recovery Readings Podcast

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This is Transitions Daily from March 16th, read by Kurt L. from Albuquerque, New Mexico,

USA. It A Thoughts for the Day, Honesty. Rarely have we seen a person fail who has

thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not

completely give themselves to this simple program. Usually men and women who are

constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such

unfortunate. They are not at fault. They seem to have been born that way. They are

naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands

rigorous honesty. Their chances are less than average. There are those two who

suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if

they have a capacity to be honest. Alcoholics Anonymous, page 58. Thought to

consider, half measures availed us nothing.

Acronyms, How Honest, Open-Minded, and Willing. Just for today, greater strength from

letting go of old ideas. It is now well established that willpower all by itself is

about as effective a cure for alcohol addiction as it is for cancer. Most of us

tried going it alone, hoping either to control our drinking or to stop, and we had no

lasting success in either endeavor, but we finally asked ourselves, wouldn't it be

more intelligent to seek out and tap a strength greater than our own than to

persist in our futile, solo efforts? Living sober, page 73. Daily reflections, as

we understand him. My friend suggested that then seemed a novel idea. Why don't you

choose your own conception of God? That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy

intellectual mountain in whose shadow I had lived and shivered many years. I stood

in the sunlight at last. It was only a matter of being willing to believe in a

power greater than myself. Nothing more was required of me to make my beginning.

Alcoholics Anonymous, page 12. I remember the times I looked into the sky and

reflected on who started it all, and how. When I came to AA, an understanding of

some description of the spiritual dimension became a necessary adjunct to a

stable sobriety. After reading a variety of versions, including the scientific of

a great explosion, I went for simplicity and made the God of my understanding the

great power that made the explosion possible. With the vastness of the universe

under his command, he would no doubt be able to guide my thinking in actions if

I was prepared to accept his guidance, but I could not expect help if I turned my

back on that help and went my own way. I became willing to believe and I have had

26 years of stable and satisfying sobriety. As Bill sees it, losing financial

fears. When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money, rather than

an opportunity for service, when the acquisition of money for financial

independence looked more important than a right dependence upon God, we were the

victims of unreasonable fears, and these were fears which would make a serene

and useful existence at any financial level quite impossible. But as time passed,

we found that with the help of AA's 12 steps, we could lose those fears, no

matter what our material prospects were. We could cheerfully perform humble labor

without worrying about tomorrow. If our circumstances happen to be good, we no

longer dreaded a change for the worse. For we had learned that these troubles could

be turned into great values for ourselves and for others. 12 and 12. Page 121-122.

Big book quote. At a certain point, in the drinking of every alcoholic, he passes

into a state where the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of absolutely no

avail. This tragic situation has already arrived in practically every case long

before it is suspected. Alcoholics anonymous, there is a solution, page 24. 24 hours

a day, AA thought for the day. Before we decide to quit drinking, most of us have

to come up against a blank wall. We see that we're licked, that we have to quit,

but we don't know which way to turn for help. There seems to be no door in that

blank wall. AA opens the door that leads to sobriety by encouraging us to

honestly admit that we're alcoholics and to realize that we can't take even one

drink and by showing us which way to turn for help. AA opens the door in that blank

wall. Have I gone through the door to sobriety? Meditation for the day. I must have

a singleness of purpose to do my part in God's work. I must not let material

distractions interfere with my job of improving personal relationships. It is

easy to become distracted by material affairs so that I lose my singleness of

purpose. I do not have time to be concerned about the multifarious concerns of

the world. I must concentrate and specialize on what I can do best. Prayer for the

day. I pray that I may not become distracted by material affairs. I pray that I

may concentrate on doing what I can do best. Hazelton Foundation, PO Box 176,

Center City, Minnesota 55012. My name is Kurt L and I'm an alcoholic. We hope

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