Daily Reflections
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Daily Reflections
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FACING OURSELVES
. . . . and Fear says, "You dare not look!"
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49
How often I avoided a task in my drinking days, just because it
appeared so large! Is it any wonder even if I have been sober for
some time, that I will act that same way when faced with what
appears to be a monumental job, such as a searching and fearless
moral inventory of myself? What I discover after I have arrived
at the other side--when my inventory is completed--is that the
illusion was greater than the reality. The fear of facing myself
kept me at a standstill and, until I became willing to put
pencil to paper, I was arresting my growth based on an intangible.
Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
FACING OURSELVES
. . . . and Fear says, "You dare not look!"
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49
How often I avoided a task in my drinking days, just because it
appeared so large! Is it any wonder even if I have been sober for
some time, that I will act that same way when faced with what
appears to be a monumental job, such as a searching and fearless
moral inventory of myself? What I discover after I have arrived
at the other side--when my inventory is completed--is that the
illusion was greater than the reality. The fear of facing myself
kept me at a standstill and, until I became willing to put
pencil to paper, I was arresting my growth based on an intangible.
Copyright 1990 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
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Join Date: May 2010
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Ok.....I've gotta come clean... LOL
Dealing with some fears now... well, more accurately I should say I'm "refusing to turn some things over in the hope that I don't NEED God's help" ---and, of course, I'm getting the exact results one would expect - not good. haha
So anyway.....I read that first line (in my DR book).......and it hit home so hard that I kinda smilled, said "hmmm" to myself, and PROMPTLY CLOSED THE DARN BOOK cuz I was afraid to read what was next!!! --LOL...it's a wonder I can manage to get by some days, yanno? They weren't kidding when they said "Some are sicker than others" LOLOLOL
ok......now that I told on myself I'm gonna go read it!!
Hopefully some of you got a laugh in the process
Dealing with some fears now... well, more accurately I should say I'm "refusing to turn some things over in the hope that I don't NEED God's help" ---and, of course, I'm getting the exact results one would expect - not good. haha
So anyway.....I read that first line (in my DR book).......and it hit home so hard that I kinda smilled, said "hmmm" to myself, and PROMPTLY CLOSED THE DARN BOOK cuz I was afraid to read what was next!!! --LOL...it's a wonder I can manage to get by some days, yanno? They weren't kidding when they said "Some are sicker than others" LOLOLOL
Originally Posted by CarolD 
. . . . and Fear says, "You dare not look!"
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 49
ok......now that I told on myself I'm gonna go read it!!
Hopefully some of you got a laugh in the process
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