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Welcome. If you come to visit for the first time and have some questions feel free to ask. PM someone if you like but don't stay a stranger. We were all in the pit. We know a way out. No condemnation and no hammers. Just ask and prepare to make a load of friends.
Psychologists are turning to religion because just knowing about ourselves is not enough. We needed the added dynamic of faith in a power outside ourselves we can rely. Books on psychology and psychiatric treatment are not enough without the strength that comes from God. And clergymen and rabbis are turning to psychology because faith is act of the will and mind. Religion must be presented in psychological terms in some extent in order to satisfy the modern person.Faith must be built largely on our psychological experience. Have I taken what I need from both psychology and religion when I live the AA way?
Refilling with the spirit is something you need every day. For this refilling of the spirit, you need these times of quiet communion , away, alone. without noise, without activity .You need this dwelling apart, this shutting yourself away in a secret place of your being, away and alone with your maker. from these times of communion come forth with new power.This refilling is the best preparation for effective work. When you are spiritually filled, there is no work to hard for you.
I pray I may be daily refilled with the spirit, I pray that I may be full of the joy of true living.
24hrs. a Day 8/6
Hazelden
Refilling with the spirit is something you need every day. For this refilling of the spirit, you need these times of quiet communion , away, alone. without noise, without activity .You need this dwelling apart, this shutting yourself away in a secret place of your being, away and alone with your maker. from these times of communion come forth with new power.This refilling is the best preparation for effective work. When you are spiritually filled, there is no work to hard for you.
I pray I may be daily refilled with the spirit, I pray that I may be full of the joy of true living.
24hrs. a Day 8/6
Hazelden
Daily Reflections...
SEEDS OF FAITH
Faith, to be sure, is necessary, but faith alone can avail nothing. We can have faith, yet keep God out of our lives. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 34
"As a child I constantly questioned the existence of God. To a "scientific thinker" like me, no answer could withstand a thorough dissection, until a very patient woman finally said to me, "You must have faith." With that simple statement, the seeds of my recover were sown!
Today, as I practice my recovery----cutting back the weeds of alcoholism----slowly I am letting those early seeds of faith grow and bloom. Each day of recovery, of ardent gardening, brings the Higher Power of my understanding more fully into my life. My God has always been with me through faith, but it is my responsibility to have the willingness to accept His presence.
I ask God to grant me the willingness to do His will."