Post by Caressa2 on Mar 1, 2004 3:10:57 GMT -5
Readers of the Big Book (third edition) may be surprised when they come upon pages 83 through 84 where twelve promies of joyous living are listed.
A rewarding revelation lies in these promises: Sobriety alone is never enough to guarantee the spiritual progress that leads to serenity.
No mention of alcohol or other drugs is made in the promises. The promises stress freedom from addiction's bondage. They teach that abstinance can be comfortable if Easy Does It is always follwed by But Do It.
Exploring the promises is an adventurous education that never leads to graduation. The primary lesson is that sobriety does make promes - and keeps them.
Written by the gentleman who wrote the original meditation book from Hazelden "Twenty-Four Hours" used by many longtimers before AA's own recovery book was printed. The following material has been used in the 'Promises of Sobriety Meeting' which is registered in New York.
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What I like is the fact that it stresses that there is no mention of drugs or alcohol in the Promises. This endorses what I firmly believe. The Twelve Steps are a way of living. When you take away the substance, no matter what it is, we need to continue working this program and applying the spiritual principles to our lives, one day at a time.
It isn't a quick fix or cure, you can't sit back on your laurels, it is a living program hold the promise of freedom from the bondage of addiction, no matter what it may be. (i.e. work, food, drugs, alcohol, people, caretaking, religion, exercise, cleanliness, and obsessive compulsive disorder)
A rewarding revelation lies in these promises: Sobriety alone is never enough to guarantee the spiritual progress that leads to serenity.
No mention of alcohol or other drugs is made in the promises. The promises stress freedom from addiction's bondage. They teach that abstinance can be comfortable if Easy Does It is always follwed by But Do It.
Exploring the promises is an adventurous education that never leads to graduation. The primary lesson is that sobriety does make promes - and keeps them.
Written by the gentleman who wrote the original meditation book from Hazelden "Twenty-Four Hours" used by many longtimers before AA's own recovery book was printed. The following material has been used in the 'Promises of Sobriety Meeting' which is registered in New York.
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What I like is the fact that it stresses that there is no mention of drugs or alcohol in the Promises. This endorses what I firmly believe. The Twelve Steps are a way of living. When you take away the substance, no matter what it is, we need to continue working this program and applying the spiritual principles to our lives, one day at a time.
It isn't a quick fix or cure, you can't sit back on your laurels, it is a living program hold the promise of freedom from the bondage of addiction, no matter what it may be. (i.e. work, food, drugs, alcohol, people, caretaking, religion, exercise, cleanliness, and obsessive compulsive disorder)
~With Peace & Love, dg~ 8*)[/b][/size]
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.