“As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.”
~ Emmanuel Teney
A.A. Thought for the Day
Having gotten over drinking, we have only just begun to enjoy the benefits of A.A. We find new friends, so that we are no longer lonely. We find new relationships with our families, so that we are happy at home. We find release from our troubles and worries through a new way of looking at things. We find an outlet for our energies in helping other people. Am I enjoying these benefits of A.A.?
I think that the benefits of a sober life are quite different than the promises that the Big Book speaks of. The benefits are a reward in themselves and help us shed our loneliness and provide us with a fresh new perspective that is not controlled by our fears but generated by the collective will of our new friends in AA. The benefits of AA help to keep us on the right path.
~ Mike
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