Alcoholism Support Group
Alcoholism is the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages, even when it is negatively affecting your health, work, relationships and life. If you think alcohol is causing you to lose control, it's time to seek help. Our group is a safe place to vent, check in, get back up if you fall, and reach sobriety.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
If we feel the need of saying something to put another member on the right track, we should try to say it with understanding and sympathy, not with a critical attitude. We should keep everything out in the open and aboveboard. The A.A. program is wonderful, but we must really follow it. We must all pull together or we'll all be sunk. We enjoy the privilege of being associated with A.A. and we are entitled to all its benefits. But gossip and criticism are not tolerance, and tolerance is an A.A. principle that is absolutely necessary to group unity. Am I truly tolerant of all my group's members?
Meditation for the Day
"Faith can move mountains." That expression means that faith can change any situation in the field of personal relationships. If you trust Him, God shows you the way to "move mountains." If you are humble enough to know that you can do little by yourself to change a situation, if you have enough faith to ask God to give you the power you need, and if you are grateful enough for the grace He gives you, you can "move mountains." Situations will be changed for the better by your presence.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may have enough faith to make me really effective. I pray that I may learn to depend less on myself and more on God.
Hazelden
If we feel the need of saying something to put another member on the right track, we should try to say it with understanding and sympathy, not with a critical attitude. We should keep everything out in the open and aboveboard. The A.A. program is wonderful, but we must really follow it. We must all pull together or we'll all be sunk. We enjoy the privilege of being associated with A.A. and we are entitled to all its benefits. But gossip and criticism are not tolerance, and tolerance is an A.A. principle that is absolutely necessary to group unity. Am I truly tolerant of all my group's members?
Meditation for the Day
"Faith can move mountains." That expression means that faith can change any situation in the field of personal relationships. If you trust Him, God shows you the way to "move mountains." If you are humble enough to know that you can do little by yourself to change a situation, if you have enough faith to ask God to give you the power you need, and if you are grateful enough for the grace He gives you, you can "move mountains." Situations will be changed for the better by your presence.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may have enough faith to make me really effective. I pray that I may learn to depend less on myself and more on God.
Hazelden
I am teaching you both My Way of removing mountains. The way to remove mountains is the way of Praise. When a trouble comes think of all you have to be thankful for. Praise, praise, praise.
Say "Thank you" all the time. This is the remover of mountains, your thankful hearts that praise.
I will praise thee with my whole heart; before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. Psalm 138:1
God calling 24 hour Book was based upon this metaphor.. Religion.. Who's to say .... Spiritual...
The problem starts when you become overly focused on yourself. Tension, worry, fear and other menacing emotions automatically arise when you focus too much on yourself.
An off-hand remark gets blown out of proportion and you feel hurt. The success of a co-worker triggers envy or self-doubt instead of joy for their success. You don't get your way and frustration ensues. You ruminate about being treated unfairly or chew on any one of an endless stream of self-oriented thoughts and emotions.
http://theboldlife.com/2010/08/wisely-selfish/
I dig this ... because i can be a little less hostile.. Spirituality gave me that ... Time has kept it fresh in my mind T/ God:) Yall
Billy
tell no one.......but i have cried to him in the rain.......all i wanted to know is "why"................2 days later my car broke down in front of a friends bar...........i was helped by many. i never questioned again.
I love AA too - it saved my life and it is such a loving, amazing program. I don't quite understand why some people take exception to the mention of it.
What I feel is that the miracle of AA is it's flexibility - how many people have gotten sober in AA - and how different are these people? Very.
People are killing themselves - they come here for support. Is it really necessary to prove who is right and who isn't right?
A hurting active alcoholic just needs support - they don't care who knows more about which step applies to which issue, yada yada yada yada - who cares?
When I first got sober I could have cared less about the precise way a step was done - and who knew the most about that step or the importance of the traditions. Who cares?
This is not central office and what holds AA together or which tradition applies to what issue - well these are not issues that we need to concern ourselves, imo.
If someone asks how a step should be done - fine - but jeez - I seriously doubt that newcomers are impressed by anyone who sits here pontificating about their superior knowledge of the program.
Again - who cares?
Rule 62. "Don't take yourselves too damn seriously."
Rule 62 was created by a founding member of AA who scoffed at the idea of an Alcoholics Anonymous with rules. When a rules committee was formed to discuss a huge list of rules the founding members had come up with, this man suggested that no rules were necessary for AA, because Alcoholics never follow rules anyways!
After much discussion, he suggested that there may be just one rule AAs should follow; and that would be Rule 62, which states: "Do not take yourselves so damn seriously!"
The committee abandoned the idea of an AA with rules, and today this is the only one that remains - but it is not really a rule, because alkies don't like rules!
I like rule 62 - and it is just so true!
I have nothing against AA, in fact I was seriously considering making meetings part of my support for continued sobriety. I decided not to bother. From what I've learned on DS, it would not be particularly helpful unless I went through the steps, and I have no plans on ever doing that.
Again, my apologies for commenting.