The power to change ourselves, when we desire it, comes from a Higher Power … God as we understand Him. Sharing the truth about ourselves with others helps us understand both what is right and what is wrong in our lives. “That searching and fearless moral inventory”, humbling though it may be, will expose the fierce drives that are consuming us. We can fix many of those needs over time if we practice Twelve step principles. What we’re really seeking … what every compulsive person really seeks … Is to fix the conflicting needs that tear us apart at the seams. The truth is, we can’t fix anybody, nor can we fix any problem with a destructive, mood altering drug. That was dropped in AA, but “getting a fix” survives in the drug culture. “Now, looking through Quaker eyes, you, too, see us favorably. For example, Catholic theologians declare our Twelve Steps to be in exact accord with their Ignatian Exercises for Retreat, and, though our book reeks of sin, sickness, and death, the Christian Science Monitor has often praised it editorially. is that all religions see in our program a resemblance to themselves. We can never become a religion in that sense, lest we kill our usefulness by getting bogged down in the theological contention.” must never, as a society, enter the field of dogma or theology. “Beyond a Higher Power, as each of us may vision Him, A.A. I pray that I may accept God’s blessing so that I will have harmony, beauty, joy, and happiness. I pray that I may use God’s goodness so that it will be a blessing to others. God’s blessing will also break down all your own difficulties and build up all your successes.
Occupy yourself with the task that He gives you to do. You should only desire blessing for them. Leave to God the necessary correcting or disciplining. Say it, willing that showers of blessings may fall upon them. Also say it of those who are in trouble through their own fault. Try saying “God bless her (or him)” of anyone who is in disharmony with you. all day and still not believe it, but when we see it work, we have to believe it. When I see the change in people, I can’t help believing that A.A. An actual demonstration is what convinces me.
I believe it because I see people getting sober and staying sober. works because I read it in a book or because I hear people say so.
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I liked the idea of admitting defeat and I have been free ever since! My heart heard what my mind never could: “Being powerless over alcohol is no big deal.” I’m free and I’m grateful!
One of the things I heard was, “This could be your last hangover, or you can keep going round and round.” The man who said this obviously was a whole lot better off than I. When I entered the doors of A.A., alone and desperate, I had been beaten into willingness to believe anything I heard. I am fortunate to be among the ones who have had this awesome transformation in my life. principles, our obsession leaves us and we enter a new dimension – freedom under God as we understand Him. Yet when we admit complete defeat and when we become entirely ready to try A.A.
In the late stages of our drinking, the will to resist has fled.
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