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bodychek · 10-23-2008, 01:11 PM

For me, spirituality is only experienced when I did, and do the following things. I had to and still have to on a daily basis, do the following:

- I had/have to stop fighting everyone and everything, including stopping analyzing how and why it works, or why I drank, or why I am afflicted with this disease, or why.... you get my point, I must give it all up to a higher power and realise it "just is".
- I had/have to surrender myself to the fact that I was an alcoholic and no matter what I could not control my drinking or my thinking.
- I had/have to honestly and truly open my athiest/agnostic mind to the fact that there is "something" outside of me that controls and directs my life, if I am un-blocked enough to feel it.
- I had/have to shut up and listen to my sponsor and the people in the many AA meetings I went to.
- I had/have to diligently enter into learning the 12 steps and work to incorporate them into my daily life.
- I had/have to reach out my hand when someone is struggling, just as those before me did for me.
- I had/have to understand that my thinking is flawed and cannot be trusted.

Most of all, what works to ground me is to stay connected to the fellowship of AA and to continually study the solution as it is detailed in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Stick to the 12 steps, the promises has come true for several million people.

Thanks to AA and the 12 steps, my worst day today is way better than my best days then...

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"my mind is a terrible thing, and it must be stopped..."

10-23-2008, 01:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
bodychek Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 70	For me, spirituality is only experienced when I did, and do the following things. I had to and still have to on a daily basis, do the following: - I had/have to stop fighting everyone and everything, including stopping analyzing how and why it works, or why I drank, or why I am afflicted with this disease, or why.... you get my point, I must give it all up to a higher power and realise it "just is". - I had/have to surrender myself to the fact that I was an alcoholic and no matter what I could not control my drinking or my thinking. - I had/have to honestly and truly open my athiest/agnostic mind to the fact that there is "something" outside of me that controls and directs my life, if I am un-blocked enough to feel it. - I had/have to shut up and listen to my sponsor and the people in the many AA meetings I went to. - I had/have to diligently enter into learning the 12 steps and work to incorporate them into my daily life. - I had/have to reach out my hand when someone is struggling, just as those before me did for me. - I had/have to understand that my thinking is flawed and cannot be trusted. Most of all, what works to ground me is to stay connected to the fellowship of AA and to continually study the solution as it is detailed in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Stick to the 12 steps, the promises has come true for several million people. Thanks to AA and the 12 steps, my worst day today is way better than my best days then... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "my mind is a terrible thing, and it must be stopped..."