September 06 Belonging - Transitions Daily Alcohol Recovery Readings Podcast

0:00Welcome to the Transitions Daily Podcast. Transitions Daily is an online recovery group that offers a daily distribution of popular recovery resources accompanied by a secret Facebook group for discussion. We hope you enjoy today's readings. This is Transitions Daily for September 6th, read by Kurt L. from Albuquerque, New Mexico. AA Thoughts for the Day, Belonging. Today I'm counting my blessings instead of my troubles. When I walked into the friendly atmosphere of my first AA meeting, I knew I was where I belonged. Here were people who had thought and felt as I had. Here was the understanding I'd been searching for all my life. Alcoholics anonymous page 355. Thought to consider, I stood in the sunlight at last. Ackronims, think. The happiness I never knew. Just for today, nickname from the three

1:05legacies of Alcoholics anonymous. We directed Mr. Blackwell, the printer, to do the job on the thickest paper in his shop. The original volume proved to be so bulky that it became known as the Big Book. Of course, the idea was to convince the alcoholic purchaser that he was indeed getting his money's worth. Alcoholics anonymous comes of age page 170. Daily reflections, removing threats to sobriety. Except when to do so would injure them or others. Alcoholics anonymous page 59. Step 9 restores me to a feeling of belonging, not only to the human race, but also to the everyday world. First, the step makes me lead the safety of AA so that I may deal with non-AA people. Out there, on their terms, not mine. It is a frightening but necessary action if I am to get back

2:06into life. Second, step 9 allows me to remove threats to my sobriety by healing past relationships. Step 9 points the way to a more serene sobriety by letting me clear away the past wreckage. Lest it bring me down. As Bill sees it, God's gift. We see that the sun never sets upon AA's fellowship. That more than 350,000 of us have now recovered from hermality. That we have everywhere begun to transcend the formidable barriers of race, creed, and nationality. This assurance that so many of us have been able to meet our responsibilities for sobriety and for growth and effectiveness in the troubled world where we live will surely fill us with deepest joy and satisfaction. But as people who have nearly always learned the hard way, we shall certainly not congratulate ourselves. We shall perceive these assets to be God's gifts, which have been in part matched by an increasing

3:11willingness on our part to find and do his will for us. Great Vine July 1965. Big book quote, we alcoholics are sensitive people. It takes some of us a long time to outgrow that serious handicap. Alcoholics anonymous fourth edition, the family afterward page 125. 24 hours a day. AA thought for the day. Another of the models of AA is live and let live. This, of course, means tolerance of people who think differently than we do. Whether they are in AA or outside of AA. We cannot afford the luxury of being intolerant or critical of other people. We do not try to impose our wills on those who differ from us. We are not holier than vow. We do not have all the answers. We are not better than the other good people. We live the best we can and we allow others to do likewise. Am I willing to live and let live?

4:13Meditation for the day. And this is life eternal. That we may know the the only true God. Learning to know God as best you can draws the eternal life near to you. Freedom from some of the limitations of humanity. You can grow in the things that are eternal. You can strive for what is real and of eternal value. The more you try to live in the consciousness of the unseen world, the gentler will be your passing into it when the time comes for you to go. This life on earth should be largely a preparation for the eternal life to come. Prayer for the day. I pray that I may live each day as though it were my last. I pray that I may live my life as though it were everlasting. Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, Minnesota 55012. My name is Kurt L. I'm an alcoholic. We hope you enjoy today's readings. You can also

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