Often a task seems beyond your power, but there is no limit to what you can accomplish with God’s help. There is no certainty that, when it has forced its way up to the surface, sunlight and warmth will greet it. In helping others, think of the tiny seed under the dark, hard ground. Only give it up if you feel that it’s not God’s will for you. Never relinquish any work or give up the thought of any accomplishment because it seems beyond your power. There is no limit to what you can accomplish in helping others. Do I care enough about other alcoholics to help them reach this conviction? They must be convinced that they must give up drinking and they must see that their whole life depends on this conviction. They must be absolutely honest with themselves and face themselves as they really are. They must face the fact that they must do something about their drinking. They must see and admit that their life is unmanageable. Prospects must be convinced that they honestly want to stop drinking. In twelfth-step work, the third thing is conviction. ![]() If I sometimes keep on struggling, it is because I’m still hanging onto my old ideas and ” … the results are nil.” ![]() I do not struggle with the program because it is a gift and I have never struggled when receiving a gift. I have learned that I must lay down the “weapons” of self in order to pick up the “tools” of the A.A. Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize it as an opportunity to demonstrate His omnipotence.įor years I believed in a punishing God and blamed Him for my misery. But it is clear that we made our own misery. We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it once was just that for many of us. We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free.
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