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Post by Caressa2 on May 12, 2004 10:40:53 GMT -5
JUST FOR TODAY!
Guidance
from: "The Three Legacies of Alcoholics Anonymous"
"I [Bill W.] was in this anything-but-spiritual mood on the night [in December 1938] when the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous were written. I was sore and tired clear through. I lay in bed at 182 Clinton Street with pencil in hand and with a tablet of scratch paper on my knee. I could not get my mind on the job, much less put my heart in it. But here was one of those things that had to be done….
"Finally I started to write. I set out to draft more than six steps [used by Oxford Groups]; how many more I did not know. I relaxed and asked for guidance. With a speed that was astonishing, considering my jangling emotions, I completed the first draft. It took perhaps half an hour.
The words kept right on coming. When I reached a stopping point, I numbered the new steps. They added up to twelve."
© 1957, Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pages 160-161
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Post by Caressa2 on May 12, 2004 10:43:19 GMT -5
For me, this is totally awesome and it gives me goosebumps.
It tells me that the Steps were Divinely inspired and that when I turn my life and my will over to my Creator, that I too can get the answer, that I too can get the guidance and direction I need to stay clean and sober, one day at a time.
God Bless.
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Post by gwen on May 12, 2004 11:21:52 GMT -5
Thank you so much for sharing this. This also reminds me that I don't have to be in a perfect state of mind and body for God to use me. As shabby and confused and sad as I may feel right this moment, please God use me to help another human being in need. Let me turn my eyes away from myself to see how I may be of help.
Love to you all,
Gwen
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Post by majestyjo on Nov 4, 2015 19:07:28 GMT -5
When I look at others, I can find myself reflected in them. The people in the program loved me back to good health.
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Guidance
Nov 15, 2020 2:18:53 GMT -5
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Post by majestyjo on Nov 15, 2020 2:18:53 GMT -5
have had some good people put in my path. There is always a lesson to learn. That is HOW the program works. Honesty, Open-minded, and Willing, the first three steps.
I came I came to I came to believe the program will work for me. Now do Steps 4 thru 9. Maintain your recovery by working Steps 10, 11, and 12.
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