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bluidkiti · 01-29-2023, 05:08 AM

January 29

We seek God until He finds us.

~Madeleine L'Engle

The day comes when we suddenly realize we are not caught up in our addiction. That's the moment we know we're living in recovery, that we're practicing the principles of recovery in all areas of our lives.

This awakening can come suddenly, as the result of a crisis, or it can happen subtly, over time, bringing with it a deepening of our commitment to the Twelve Step program. We find ourselves turning away from the addiction and toward our Higher Power. We find the joy of living in God's will.

Working the Twelve Steps frees us from the tyranny of addiction by giving us the awareness that God has removed the addiction because we've let go of it. Things are restored to their proper order. The addiction is outside of us; we have ourselves and our relationship with our Higher Power. It's then that we can reach out to other addicts because we finally have someone to give them - ourselves.

I am not my addiction. My addiction is not my Higher Power.

Today's reading is from the book Answers in the Heart

01-29-2023, 05:08 AM	#29
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 75,895	January 29 We seek God until He finds us. ~Madeleine L'Engle The day comes when we suddenly realize we are not caught up in our addiction. That's the moment we know we're living in recovery, that we're practicing the principles of recovery in all areas of our lives. This awakening can come suddenly, as the result of a crisis, or it can happen subtly, over time, bringing with it a deepening of our commitment to the Twelve Step program. We find ourselves turning away from the addiction and toward our Higher Power. We find the joy of living in God's will. Working the Twelve Steps frees us from the tyranny of addiction by giving us the awareness that God has removed the addiction because we've let go of it. Things are restored to their proper order. The addiction is outside of us; we have ourselves and our relationship with our Higher Power. It's then that we can reach out to other addicts because we finally have someone to give them - ourselves. I am not my addiction. My addiction is not my Higher Power. Today's reading is from the book Answers in the Heart __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.