Even after 25 years of sobriety, I still find myself

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Even after 25 years of sobriety, I still find myself struggling with acceptance. I continue to pray for acceptance every day. More often than not, I can usually find the answers I seek in the words below…..

And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation—some fact of my life —unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God’s world by mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life’s terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes.

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#2

Thanks for posting this. I, too need a daily reminder. Acceptance is our pathway to serenity. It is for me, anyway. Acceptance, Let go and Let God.
Have a Merry Christmas :christmas_tree:

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#3

Merry Christmas to you as well!

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#4

Thanks for sharing Bert. I once knew this and lived by this passage in the big book. However, after years of sobriety I slowly stopped working my program. I lost 27 years of sobriety because I couldn’t accept and/or live life on life’s terms. I have no doubt in my mind that had I been working my AA program, I would’ve pushed thru the difficult times and remained sober. However, that’s not my story. I picked up a drink in 2016 and completely wrecked the beautiful life that sobriety had given me. Today I have 5 months of sobriety. I’m relearning the program on a completely different level. Last night I shared my 4th step with my sponsor (5th step). Acceptance is the answer to all of my problems today.

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#5

That’s awesome! It is also great that you understand what happened, and can share about it. If I can ever help in any way, please don’t hesitate to ask!

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#6

Yep!! It is the very core of where we begin every single day!! It's such a comfort to me knowing that I don't have to control anything but me!! And that liking something or someone is different then acceptance...just accepting something makes it so much easier to deal with! But I don't have to like it and that's ok!! Ty my friend! Have a blessed day! :hugs:

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#7

So true.thank you for the reminder. Aa :dromedary_camel:

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Big book page 449 acceptance.:dromedary_camel: