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05-20-2014, 10:10 AM | #22 |
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THE BIG “IF” “On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead.” Alcoholics Anonymous, page 86 “This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24 For what it's worth: During my years of alcoholic despair, the sunrise brought neither light nor warmth into my dark gloom. Each day was a day of dread. And I expected no change when I attended my first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Sure, I knew that A.A. had helped others, but it could not help me. Despite my defeatism and arrogant resistance, however, it was at my first meeting that I found a ray of light, a slight embrace of warmth, and a drop of hope. And that strong undercurrent of impending doom swallowing me loosened its grip. It continued to release me with each meeting I attended. I began seeing the light and experiencing the warmth and hope of each new dawn. I was no longer dreading each day but actually enjoying a few. Slowly, I came to understand what A.A. people had been telling me about one day at a time. And, with practice over a long period of sobriety, I learned to take life that way – one day at a time – because that is how it comes. When I awake, there are only twenty-four hours ahead. And this is the day that God has made for me, no other, not yesterday, and not tomorrow. If I put His will before mine and rejoice and be glad in these twenty-four hours with Him - it will be a great day. God bless you! Joe W.
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AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving. |
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