We always drink because we want to drink, not because another’s actions forced us into it. “There are excuses but never good reasons for drinking,” they say. Seasoned AA members are trained by their experience to detect and defuse these false causes. Non-alcoholics have the same human experiences we do, but such things do not cause them to have binges. We may blame certain things that seemed to trigger a drunk, but it is always our own compulsion that gives force to such an action. ![]() We must always understand that the compulsion to drink is the root cause of every binge. It was really the need to drink that caused the fight, and not the reverse, as the alcoholic believes. The real truth, however, is that he or she provoked the fight in order to get out of the house to launch a drinking spree. A person might think of a binge as having been caused by a fight with his or her spouse. In the foggy world of drinking, we were sometimes confused about cause and effect. More and more we became interested in seeing what we could contribute to life.Īs we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow, or the hereafter. Being all powerful, He provided what we needed, if we kept close to Him and performed His work well.Įstablished on such a footing, we became less and less interested in ourselves, our little plans and designs. I pray that I may keep that inner peace at the center of my being. I pray that I may dwell with God at the center of my life. Then I will be at peace amid the distractions of everyday living. I should keep material things in their proper place and keep spiritual things at the center of my life. This balance will manifest itself more and more in my own life. ![]() This poise will give me power in dealing with the lives of others. God will give me this poise and balance if I pray for it. I must keep balance by keeping spiritual things at the center of my life. When I read or hear these stories, do I think about our motto: “But for the grace of God”? The police captain also told about a woman who got too near the edge of an old quarry hole when she was drunk and fell one hundred and fifty feet to her death. He told his audience about a man who got into an argument with his wife while he was drunk and beat her to death. ![]() The cause of the tragedy in each case was drunkenness. I must let go of resentments I cannot afford them. After years in the dark of resentments, I have found the sunlight. If I continue to relive hurts and hates, I will hurt and hate myself. If I continue to relive my old hurt, it is a resentment and resentment bars the sunlight from my soul. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick.Īs I look at myself practicing the Fourth Step, it is easy to gloss over the wrong that I have done, because I can easily see it as a question of “getting even” for a wrong done to me. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else.
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