8/9/2023 0 Comments Aa daily reflection oct 7th![]() Though we earnestly request reporters not to disclose our identities, we frequently speak before semi-public gatherings. We also wish to lose the fear of admitting that we are alcoholics. ![]() We have dropped anonymity at this level because we think our friends and associates ought to know about A.A. I pray that I may know that my weakness is God’s opportunity.įew of us are anonymous so far as our daily contacts go. I pray that I may learn to lean on God’s strength. ![]() Trust God enough, and your weakness will not matter. When you are weak, that is when God is strong to help you. We only fail when we trust too much to our own strength. He hears every cry for mercy, every sign of weakness, every plea for help, every sorrow over failure, every weakness felt and expressed. You must always remember that you are weak but that God is strong. If that person should fail, where would I be? and to always quote that member on the A.A. It’s not fair to any member to be singled out as a leader in A A. This has been proved to be true more than once. members have “clay feet.” They are all only one drink away from a drunk, no matter how long they have been in A.A. I have much to learn from him or her, and in my heart, I should thank that person.ĭo I put too much reliance on any one member of the group? That is, do I make a tin god out of some one person? Do I set that person on a pedestal? If I do, I am building my house on sand. Whoever is upsetting me most is my best teacher. If I judge others, I am probably judging myself. ![]() When I take my daily inventory, I know that I must stop judging others. Regardless of what is happening around me I will always have the prerogative, and the responsibility, of choosing what happens within me. No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively. The spiritual axiom referred to in the Tenth Step–”every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us”–also tells me that there are no exceptions to it. ![]()
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