It is very easy to overlook orderly procedures in the haste to get things done, or to avoid anything that seems unpleasant or demanding.
This was a reminder that things should be put in their proper place, and the discipline helped later in organizing larger matters. One recovering person discovered that it was a good exercise simply to put the cap back on the toothpaste tube in the morning. The struggle to bring order into our lives starts with lots of little things.
Refusing to place God first, we had deprived ourselves of His help.īut now the words “Of myself I am nothing, the Father doeth the works” began to carry bright promise and meaning. Many of us who had thought ourselves religious awoke to the limitations of this attitude. The notion that we would still live our own lives, God helping a little now and then, began to evaporate. Whether we had been believers or unbelievers, we began to get over the idea that the Higher Power was a sort of bush-league pinch hitter, to be called upon only in an emergency. I pray that I may do all I can to help others find God’s will for them. I pray that I may really try to do God’s will in all my affairs. This preparation consists of quiet communion with God every day and gradually gaining the strength I need. I must expect to have what I am not prepared for. I must want God’s will for me above all else. If I am not properly trained, I cannot meet the test when it comes. God tests me and trains me and bends me to His will. I must prepare myself by doing each day what I can to develop spiritually and to help others to do so. Second, having given our drink problem to God, we must cooperate with Him by doing something about it ourselves. It means really leaving the problem in God’s hands and not reaching out and getting the problem back to ourselves. This means asking Him every morning for the strength to stay sober for that day and thanking Him every night. First, having admitted that we are helpless before alcohol, we have to turn our alcoholic problem over to God and trust Him to take care of it for us. There are two important things we have to do if we want to get sober and stay sober. With the key of willingness, my worries and fears are powerfully transformed into serenity. My level of comfort is in direct relation to the degree of willingness I possess at any given moment to give up my self-will, and allow God’s will to be manifested in my life. Even the smallest amount of willingness, if sincere, is sufficient to allow God to enter and take control over my problem, pain, or obsession. The willingness to give up my pride and self-will to a Power greater than myself has proved to be the only ingredient absolutely necessary to solve all of my problems today. cannot attest to the accuracy, relevancy, timeliness, legality, or completeness of information provided by any other website.Once we have placed the key of willingness in the lock and have the door ever so slightly open, we find that we can always open it some more. is not responsible for the content, practices, policies, or methods of any other website, including, without limitation, any other website's collection, dissemination, use, and protection of personal information, its use of tracking technology, or its level of computer security. (A.A.W.S.), or any products, services, or content displayed, provided, promoted, or offered by such other website. Linking to any other website, including but not limited to websites affiliated with other organizations inside the Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) service structure, does not constitute the endorsement, sponsorship, or approval of such other website by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. This website provides links to other websites, including websites affiliated with other organizations. Clicking on the SoundCloud or Privacy policy links in the audio player will redirect you to the SoundCloud website
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