CarolD

Chy mentioned God Shots and I wanted to share on them.

I got sober in D.C. AA and the term God Shots was used
when events happened that could not be explained rationally.

My first happened when I was newly sober...

I walked 15 city blocks to hook up to Food Stamps.

I was #13 in the stack of applications at 9 meaning I would miss my

job interview at 11.

I asked the woman in charge if I could "buck the line" explaining why.

"Sit down..we do not do that..EVER!"

So...I sat... teary...saying the Serenity Prayer.

The woman left the desk...a man sat down...shuffled the files.

I was called next. ZAP!!

I ran out...the needed book in hand..here is a taxi driven by a member from my home group. ZAP

Paul drops me off at the restaurant and I get the job. ZAP

God worked in my life that day.

Anyone else noticed God Shots?

best

So many that I wouldn't know where to start.
Pages worth in all seriousness.

Little Missy

Everyday it seems!!

2 1/2 months sober, stay at home mom watching my nephew also. Opened the newspaper and there was my dream job!! (never looked at the want adds). Applied for the job, was called the next day for an interview. Was hired in 3 days with a daycare across the street with room for my 2 kids and my nephew!! Just when money was low and credit cards maxed!! ZAP ZAP!!

God said, "Back to work you go!!" I've never been happier!!

historyteach

G*D Shots!!!
I LOVE it!!!

About two weeks before school started, I saw an ad in the newspaper. It was a man, a construction worker, looking for a house for he and his family. He wanted reduced rent in return for doing work in the house.
I had wanted something like that for a while. There was work I couldn't do at my house. THis was the answer to my prayers, I thought.*zap*
So, I called. We met.
We knew each other from our younger days in Newport!! *zap*
I called another friend, with whom I had worked. He had an apartment.
It was empty, and the rent was fantastic! *zap*
It is less than 10 minutes from my place of work. I'm saving a bundle on gasoline! *zap*
Nothing ever seems to work out for me. This couldn't have worked out better if it had been scripted and the parts rehearsed! Of course, I guess it was scripted--from above,
Oh, yea, I really LIKE these G*D Shots!!!
I'll remember this for a very long time! THanks for sharing!

Shalom!

doorknob

Ok. So, if good things happen with very favorable timing, then it is "God" intervening. What about when bad things happen with very unfavorable timing? (In my best SNL Church Lady Voice) Would that be... Satan?

DK

best

Not always.
When my father would give me a spanking, I knew where it was coming from.
Same with God. When he corrects me, I know where and why it happened. I learn from my mistakes and both God and me know this.
Because the Lord loves us, he will bring correction for our good.

There are times things happen because we live in a sin filled world.
As it says in the bible... My sheep know my voice.
I know the difference between stuff happening and corrrection given out of love.

Chy

Oh wow good idea Carol!

I remember my first at about 3 weeks sober. I was taking my mom to Vegas for her birthday and was really anxious about how I would handle the free flowing booze in the casino's. I had gone to a meeting before I left and spent some time praying with my sponsor. So we arrive in the cab at the hotel, mom wanting to head straight for the slots and me taking a deep breath. As I got out of the cab my purse tipped over and out fell my 24 hour coin and a penny. One penny and my 24 hour chip. The chip made me think of the fellowship and how hard I had worked those three weeks and the support I found. The penny flip side up "In God we Trust" beamed at me as if my HP was winking at me.

Still sober.

Chy

My thought is no. But God is right there grieving with us.

CAPTAINZING2000

God thread

everyday I post in here and not drinking is a blessing from God.

Anytime, I dont count my blessings, I better be making a gratitude list.

Thank God it's not as bad today like it was coming into AA

My worst day sober will never be as bad as my last day drunk

NoMoBeer

I have a couple of God Shots to share....

Now, my life has been somewhat chaotic the past few weeks (happy New Year)... not sure if I've shared ALL of this, but here goes, then the God Shots:

First, we moved my Mother in Law into my house... and here's God shot #1 ... I think intended for me to help someone affected by alcoholism. I was sitting in an AA meeting, my cell phone blinked (of course the ringer's off... ) I call my W back, and she says her Mom needs to move in for a while... why? Because she is recovering from a back injury and my FIL had been drinking heavily the night before and just lighting her up verbally. A practicing drunk with no desire to get sober.... move on in Mama.....

So here comes New Year's Eve... We go out to dinner at a Tepanyaki place (where the guy cooks at the table). He told me to catch a clump of rice off the grill into my mouth... ha ha ha .... I lurched back to get it and BAM! Blacked out for about 2 seconds then couldn't move my damn arms!!!! That subsided, then I had electrical current and pain down my arms....long story short, I went to have an MRI this morning... here's God Shot #2... the technicial walks in and I recognize him as a fellow AAer.... he had been in and out of the rooms for a while, but he looked great and was at work at 7AM, a good sign... God doesn't want me to be too far from AA... and I did not bring up program in that setting but asked him... "you doing OK?" he said yes, so that was way cool. Unfortunately he showed me the 2 blown discs in my cervical spine... those match the ones already in my lumbar spine... lovely...

THEN... this past week (I posted this) my 6 year old daughter... the love of my life... was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. She is the second of our children to have this. After much crying and pain... I must accept this as life and move on.... here's the last God shot -- Wednesday on our way for her blood tests ( poor kid.. she's 44 lbs and they took 5 damned vials of blood...) I pulled up to a light and there was my sponsor... I've never seen him out on the road before... again, God keeps me close to AA...

Thanks guys for all the support here, we are adjusting to life with TWO diabetic children, and doing our best to stay strong....

Oh yeah, thank GOD I don't have to drink over this stuff....

I am so grateful.

Ken

Cathy31

(((Ken)))
You are truly amazing. What a wonderful attitude. Thoughts and prayers with you and your family. The love you have for your daughter will carry her through these difficulties.

Cathy31
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laurie6781

I had one heck of a God Shot last night.

Decided to check out a site that had been mentioned on here, another site with speaker tapes and tapes of meetings, conventions, etc.

On it I found a tape I have been searching for since July of 1992. It was the last Speaker Share, the husband, Hugh D, of my sponsor ever did at a Sunday Morning Spiritual Meeting in Amarillo, TX in 1991.

I downloaded that tape, burned it to CD and then sat here and listened to it and bawled like a baby for the whole hour plus. After all these years, I finally have "closure", to the passing of someone who was and is so very important in my life. Without Hugh and Bev, of course, I do not believe I would have stayed in AA. MY HP put those 2 in my life, knowing how badly I needed them.

Last night my HP gave me some new peace on something that keeps cropping up in my mind. I have many of his tapes, but this one was different, and obviously I needed to hear what he said.

I sure do love those "God Shots." !!!!!!!

Love and (((((to all))))),

Cathy31

(((Laurie)))

That's such a beautiful story. Those God Shots just keep coming.