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.
Do not let any prejudice you might have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 47
The idea of faith is a very large chunk to swallow when fear, doubt and anger abound in and around me. Sometimes just the idea of doing something different, something I am not accustomed to doing, can eventually become an act of faith if I do it regularly, and do it without debating whether its the right thing to do. When a bad day comes along and everything is going wrong, a meeting or a talk with another drunk often distracts me just enough to persuade me that everything is not quite as impossible, as overwhelming as I had thought. In the same way, going to a meeting or talking to a fellow alcoholic are acts of faith; I believe Im arresting my disease. These are ways I slowly move toward faith in a Higher Power.
http://www.daily-reflections.com/
The idea of faith is a very large chunk to swallow when fear, doubt and anger abound in and around me. Sometimes just the idea of doing something different, something I am not accustomed to doing, can eventually become an act of faith if I do it regularly, and do it without debating whether its the right thing to do. When a bad day comes along and everything is going wrong, a meeting or a talk with another drunk often distracts me just enough to persuade me that everything is not quite as impossible, as overwhelming as I had thought. In the same way, going to a meeting or talking to a fellow alcoholic are acts of faith; I believe Im arresting my disease. These are ways I slowly move toward faith in a Higher Power.
http://www.daily-reflections.com/
I was raised in the church but have never been "religious". However one of my sisters and my 2 cube-mate/coworkers/friends are heavily involved in the church and I don't doubt for a second that God placed them in my life for a reason.....
I didn't even know much of how to pray in the beginning (and still don't really know much) but I do it anyways and remarkable things happen when I pray. It's when I feel connected to God, that my life seems to be going right, when I don't feel "connected" is when things start to fall apart....so I make the effort to try to stay connected. It works, I don't need to know how or why it works, I just need to remember that it does! :)
Happy SUnday! :)