Daily Reflections
 

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NO MAUDLIN GUILT

Day by day, we try to move a little toward God's perfection. So we need not be consumed by maudlin guilt...

AS BILL SEES IT, p. 15

When I first discovered that there is not a single "don't" in the Twelve Steps of A.A., I was disturbed because this discovery swung open a giant portal. Only then was I able to realize what A.A. is for me:



A.A. is not a program of "don't"s, but of "do's.
A.A. is not martial law; it is freedom.
A.A. is not tears over defects, but sweat over fixing them.
A.A. is not penitence; it is salvation.
A.A. is not "Woe to me" for my sins, past and present.
A.A. is "Praise God" for the progress I am making today.



Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.

I've allowed myself to be consumed by guilt, shame, and fear lately.

What I'm thankful for is the reminder that we are human "beings", not human "doings" and I need not base my value on production. God has the perfect plan for me.

This is true. I am grateful for every single drink that I took, every hangover, every mistake that I made, every resolve broken, every embarrassing drunken moment.....

They all got me to where I am today and I would never trade it for a "normal" contented addiction free life where I was not living in the Fourth Dimension.

This is an experience that I was always destined to have. It's all perfect, all perfect. And one of the best things, is that I know it is just going to get better and better.

Keep going, Keep :)

I'm guessing you've read Bradshaw's "Healing the Shame that Binds You."

;)