March 3 | AA 12 Steps In Action | Step 3 | 2012 | Today's AA daily reflection: "overcoming self-will." I was driven and determined to do something with my life, I just don't know that I had much of a clue back in the day. I did not understand the difference between what I needed and what I wanted. All I needed was "enough" where needs are met and wants are luxuries which are unnecessary to living…
I am shy person by nature, and it took a long time to realise this is my nature. At the same time driven by fears, a desire to fit in with others and to be something? Early childhood and teen years were full of horror and shame about family matters. Second nature to be elusive and difficult to pin down. I was attracted to alcohol and drank from an early age encouraged by my father, feelings always under the influence and a life of fantasy…
Overcoming self-will can be really confusing even now in what it really means. I guess for me with step three which is all about let go, letting go being the source of answers and letting go the notion that I need be completely independent and able to make good decisions on my own has helped me realise that all I need to do is ask the help. Letting go and asking for help any time and anywhere helps me find wisdom and live a more complete life on a daily basis…
Letting go self prejudice is so important to me, when it comes to dealing with alcoholism and addiction to anything. Addiction and alcoholism are chronic ailments and lifelong. If I were to hold on and feel guilt and shame about my condition, I am an alcoholic and live in recovery one day at a time, self prejudice will hold me back in the problem when the solution is clearly about being able to face the truth of who I am today. Open, honest and willing to live life sober one day at a time…
Self prejudice also leads me back to being judgemental not only about me, it opens the door to every other prejudice a human can carry about another. Open, honest and willing to share about my chronic ailments, brings them into the light and when the truth is out there, those who know me as I am can include me or exclude me as they choose. Those who include me because they know me are welcome in my life. Those who are prejudiced against me are completely within their rights and what they think of me is really none of my business…
DonInLondon 2005-2011
Newcomers at Portobello tonight: and so good to be in the company of new starters, returnees and old timers. As we are unique and authentic, so we remain with one similarity, sober today. I simply love seeing new people and those I am getting to know. Progress not perfect, good enough we can be...
At fifteen I wanted to be James Dean, a rebel, but with a cause! ~ Maya Angelou "At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice." I saw my father collapse into a dark life, I followed as drink cured pain, fear and made sure extremes were my norm, I was lost for decades. Sober freedom today, life choices restored, surrendering to truth without resistance as it unfolds..
Sober life takes on new meaning, learning afresh spiritual and emotional context ~ Mencius "The great and the good are those who do not lose their childlike heart." -/- Forever young, one day long, we can grow old on the outside and be ourselves inside, wonder abounds in every day..
Being in this "one moment" concentrating on what we need do.. ~ Shakti Gawain "We always attract into our lives whatever we think about most, believe in most strongly, expect on the deepest level, and imagine most vividly." -/- Drive safely with our lives, our passengers and with help from? We get to choose..
Sharing Experience, strength and hope and equally listening to..~ D. H. Lawrence "Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot." -/- Listening is a skilfull art, hearing everything without denial takes time..
A day of joy or and sadness, a day sober facing all lifes challenges ~ Winston Churchill "Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Nothing is lost, cherish all our experiences, we never live them again as they are today...
Letting go of self will, extremes of ego and obsession ~ Dalai Lama "In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher." -/- We stop fighting our inner being, and face the world and all it may place in our path...
-/-
AA Daily Reflection: OVERCOMING SELF-WILL ~ MARCH 3, So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn’t think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills us! ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 62
For so many years my life revolved solely around myself. I was consumed with self in all forms–self-centeredness, self-pity, self-seeking, all of which stemmed from pride. Today I have been given the gift, through the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous, of practicing the Steps and Traditions in my daily life, of my group and sponsor, and the capacity–if I so choose–to put my pride aside in all situations which arise in my life. Until I could honestly look at myself and see that I was the problem in many situations and react appropriately inside and out; until I could discard my expectations and understand that my serenity was directly proportional to them, I could not experience serenity and sound sobriety.
-/-
Step 3 Reading Video Link:
"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him"
-/-
I am shy person by nature, and it took a long time to realise this is my nature. At the same time driven by fears, a desire to fit in with others and to be something? Early childhood and teen years were full of horror and shame about family matters. Second nature to be elusive and difficult to pin down. I was attracted to alcohol and drank from an early age encouraged by my father, feelings always under the influence and a life of fantasy…
Overcoming self-will can be really confusing even now in what it really means. I guess for me with step three which is all about let go, letting go being the source of answers and letting go the notion that I need be completely independent and able to make good decisions on my own has helped me realise that all I need to do is ask the help. Letting go and asking for help any time and anywhere helps me find wisdom and live a more complete life on a daily basis…
Letting go self prejudice is so important to me, when it comes to dealing with alcoholism and addiction to anything. Addiction and alcoholism are chronic ailments and lifelong. If I were to hold on and feel guilt and shame about my condition, I am an alcoholic and live in recovery one day at a time, self prejudice will hold me back in the problem when the solution is clearly about being able to face the truth of who I am today. Open, honest and willing to live life sober one day at a time…
Self prejudice also leads me back to being judgemental not only about me, it opens the door to every other prejudice a human can carry about another. Open, honest and willing to share about my chronic ailments, brings them into the light and when the truth is out there, those who know me as I am can include me or exclude me as they choose. Those who include me because they know me are welcome in my life. Those who are prejudiced against me are completely within their rights and what they think of me is really none of my business…
DonInLondon 2005-2011
Newcomers at Portobello tonight: and so good to be in the company of new starters, returnees and old timers. As we are unique and authentic, so we remain with one similarity, sober today. I simply love seeing new people and those I am getting to know. Progress not perfect, good enough we can be...
At fifteen I wanted to be James Dean, a rebel, but with a cause! ~ Maya Angelou "At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice." I saw my father collapse into a dark life, I followed as drink cured pain, fear and made sure extremes were my norm, I was lost for decades. Sober freedom today, life choices restored, surrendering to truth without resistance as it unfolds..
Sober life takes on new meaning, learning afresh spiritual and emotional context ~ Mencius "The great and the good are those who do not lose their childlike heart." -/- Forever young, one day long, we can grow old on the outside and be ourselves inside, wonder abounds in every day..
Being in this "one moment" concentrating on what we need do.. ~ Shakti Gawain "We always attract into our lives whatever we think about most, believe in most strongly, expect on the deepest level, and imagine most vividly." -/- Drive safely with our lives, our passengers and with help from? We get to choose..
Sharing Experience, strength and hope and equally listening to..~ D. H. Lawrence "Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot." -/- Listening is a skilfull art, hearing everything without denial takes time..
A day of joy or and sadness, a day sober facing all lifes challenges ~ Winston Churchill "Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Nothing is lost, cherish all our experiences, we never live them again as they are today...
Letting go of self will, extremes of ego and obsession ~ Dalai Lama "In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher." -/- We stop fighting our inner being, and face the world and all it may place in our path...
-/-
AA Daily Reflection: OVERCOMING SELF-WILL ~ MARCH 3, So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn’t think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills us! ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 62
For so many years my life revolved solely around myself. I was consumed with self in all forms–self-centeredness, self-pity, self-seeking, all of which stemmed from pride. Today I have been given the gift, through the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous, of practicing the Steps and Traditions in my daily life, of my group and sponsor, and the capacity–if I so choose–to put my pride aside in all situations which arise in my life. Until I could honestly look at myself and see that I was the problem in many situations and react appropriately inside and out; until I could discard my expectations and understand that my serenity was directly proportional to them, I could not experience serenity and sound sobriety.
-/-
Step 3 Reading Video Link:
"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him"
-/-
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