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Acceptance

gjm
gjm
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~*
ACCEPTANCE

We admitted we couldn't lick alcohol with our own remaining resources,
and so we accepted the further fact that dependence upon a Higher
Power (if only our A.A. group) could do this hitherto impossible
job. The moment we were able to accept these facts fully, our release
from the alcohol compulsion had begun.
gjm
gjm
Acceptance.. " It is what it is "
gjm
gjm
Mark, See how different things click for one & something for another?
Mine was acceptance & yours was "it just happened" but we got the same result.

All that matters is we got it.
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deleted_user
acceptance is a 2 way street......
deleted_user
deleted_user
my acceptance happened when i really didn't realize it until after it all happened.i had a death in my family and insted of running to the bar to get drunk i ran to the rooms of aa and my sponsor.thats when it happened for me.it was a release for me and a very good one.
gjm
gjm
320. I can identify to what you saying.
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One thing I have noticed in the rooms of AA is that some people become confused and somewhat put off with acceptance because they think that "acceptance" means they have to agree with or respect a situation.

Acceptance doesn't mean you have to agree with anyone or anything...

Acceptance doesn't always mean the situation is acceptable to you.

It simply "is what it is" as qjm said..

You cannot control the outcome of every situation. This is life changing freedom once this is understood.

God, Grant me the serenity,
to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference..
gjm
gjm
Well said DT.

Just because I accept a situation doesn't mean I have to like it.

Life on life's terms.
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The ability to accept comes after practicing the Steps in one's life, not after memorizing the Serenity Prayer or reading page 447 or 417 (depending on which edition) of the Big Book.

Acceptance is an action which only comes after you have developed understanding, not intellectual, but intuitive and therefore, must be worked for in one's life.
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Lack of power was absolutely my dilemma when I got sober. The Big Book and others in the fellowship shared that they had to find a power by which they could live. Running on self will and my own intellect was not working. Acceptance is an end result of a process for me. Of course, depending on the situation, it could take me an hour or a month to "a work in progress".

Doesn't matter how many years I've been around. While today, my thought process is intuitively solution oriented, I can still get caught up in the process of acceptance.

And thank God for the tools that still work, such as the Serenity Prayer.