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Nov. 1, 2015 - Readings in Recovery: Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015
Today's thought from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Always remember that no matter what the problem may be, there is an infinity of solutions.
-- Marion Weinstein
A girl named Iris was tormented by the boys at school. Whenever she walked by they would make rude noises. Sometimes, when no one was looking, they would block her way and not let her go home. She was too inexperienced at taking care of herself to realize that believing she couldn't do anything made it true. Feeling helpless kept her from thinking about what she might do.
One day she got so scared that she told her best friend what was happening. Together they began to think of all sorts of things she could do. Knowing she could do something took away the helpless feeling, and the boys noticed and stopped teasing her. It wasn't fun for them anymore.
We often feel helpless in situations that seem too much for us to handle. In fact, help is always available - through friends and family, and through God, who helps us see how we can help ourselves. All we have to do is stop being distracted by that helpless feeling and ask for what we need.
Can I see the many solutions to my problems today?
Always remember that no matter what the problem may be, there is an infinity of solutions.
-- Marion Weinstein
A girl named Iris was tormented by the boys at school. Whenever she walked by they would make rude noises. Sometimes, when no one was looking, they would block her way and not let her go home. She was too inexperienced at taking care of herself to realize that believing she couldn't do anything made it true. Feeling helpless kept her from thinking about what she might do.
One day she got so scared that she told her best friend what was happening. Together they began to think of all sorts of things she could do. Knowing she could do something took away the helpless feeling, and the boys noticed and stopped teasing her. It wasn't fun for them anymore.
We often feel helpless in situations that seem too much for us to handle. In fact, help is always available - through friends and family, and through God, who helps us see how we can help ourselves. All we have to do is stop being distracted by that helpless feeling and ask for what we need.
Can I see the many solutions to my problems today?
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Nov. 1, 2015 - Readings in Recovery: Step by Step
Step by Step
Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015
Today, remembering that I worked the Steps as hard as I could when I surrendered in Step One, I know I will have to rework them again if I choose to slip or relapse. Some of the Steps required to gain and maintain sobriety also require some of the most brute honesty possible, and seeing myself as I truly was is an experience I don't want to repeat. Thus, the solution to avoid having to see myself again as I was is simple: don't slip, don't relapse. Sometimes easier said than done, but the 12 Steps give us the control not to bow to that which we cannot control - alcohol. It is a fact that the sober alcoholic has another drunk inside but may not have another recovery. Even if I have another recovery, I don't want to go through the grueling experience of seeing myself as I might again become during a slip or relapse. And my insurance against having to go through that is the Program. Today, I'll use it. And our common journey continues. Step by step. - Chris M., 2015
Today, remembering that I worked the Steps as hard as I could when I surrendered in Step One, I know I will have to rework them again if I choose to slip or relapse. Some of the Steps required to gain and maintain sobriety also require some of the most brute honesty possible, and seeing myself as I truly was is an experience I don't want to repeat. Thus, the solution to avoid having to see myself again as I was is simple: don't slip, don't relapse. Sometimes easier said than done, but the 12 Steps give us the control not to bow to that which we cannot control - alcohol. It is a fact that the sober alcoholic has another drunk inside but may not have another recovery. Even if I have another recovery, I don't want to go through the grueling experience of seeing myself as I might again become during a slip or relapse. And my insurance against having to go through that is the Program. Today, I'll use it. And our common journey continues. Step by step. - Chris M., 2015
Nov. 1, 2015 - Readings in Recovery: Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015
AA Thought for the Day
I have hope. That magic thing that I had lost or misplaced. The future looks dark no more. I do not even look at it, except when necessary to make plans. I try to let the future take care of itself. The future will be made up of todays and todays, stretching out as short as now and as long as eternity. Hope is justified by many right nows, by the rightness of the present. Nothing can happen to me that God does not will for me. I can hope for the best, as long as I have what I have and it is good.
Have I hope?
Meditation for the Day
Faith is the messenger that bears your prayers to God. Prayer can be like incense, rising ever higher and higher. The prayer of faith is the prayer of trust that feels the presence of God which it rises to meet. It can be sure of some response from God. We can say a prayer of thanks to God every day for His grace, which has kept us on the right way and allowed us to start living the good life. So we should pray to God with faith and trust and gratitude.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may feel sure of some response to my prayers. I pray that I may be content with whatever form that response takes.
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Nov. 1, 2015 - Readings in Recovery: A Day at a Time
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Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015
Reflection for the Day
Those whom I most respect in The Program - and, in turn, those from whom I've learned the most - seem convinced that pride is, as one person put it, the "root-sin." In moral theology, pride is the first of the seven deadly sins. It is also considered the most serious, standing apart from the rest by virtue of its unique quality. Pride gets right into our spiritual victories. It insinuates itself into all our successes and accomplishments, even when we attribute them to God.
Do I struggle against pride by working the Tenth Step regularly, facing myself freshly and making things right where they've gone wrong?
Today I Pray
May I be on guard constantly against the sneakiness of pride, which can creep into every achievement, every triumph, every reciprocated affection. May I know that whenever things are going well for me, my pride will be on the spot, ready to take credit. May I watch for it.
Today I Will Remember
Put pride in its place.
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Nov. 1, 2015 - Readings in Recovery: The Eye Opener
Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015
If life is only a preparation for something yet to come, as many believe, then the manner of our living will determine the success or failure in this preparation. It would naturally follow, therefore, that a man could not live a devil and die a saint.
We do not feel that we are qualified to evaluate the worth of deathbed repentance, but this we do feel - if you live right, deathbed repentance would hardly seem necessary.
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