Good morning family 💖 Thought for the Day If we had absolute

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Good morning family :sparkling_heart:
Thought for the Day

If we had absolute faith in the power of God to keep us from drinking and if we turned our drink problem entirely over to God without reservations, we wouldn't have to do anything more about it. We'd be free from drink once and for all. But since our faith is apt to be weak, we have to strengthen and build up this faith. We do this in several ways. One way is by going to meetings and listening to others tell how they have found all the strength they need to overcome drink. Is my faith being strengthened by this personal witness of other alcoholics?

Meditation for the Day

It is the quality of my life that determines its value. In order to judge the value of a person's life, we must set up a standard. The most valuable life is one of honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love. All people's lives ought to be judged by this standard in determining their value to the world. By this standard, most of the so-called heroes of history were not great men. "What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, if he loseth his own soul?"

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may be honest, pure, unselfish, and loving. I pray that I may make the quality of my life good by these standards.

I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it. - Sober Time's message for March 9, 2023.

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#2

You're praying for someone else to do the work for you. "Dear God please make me a better person".

"Faith" will get you nothing without work. Absolutely nothing. Your book says it "faith without works is dead ". However the opposite cannot be said, "work without faith" is NOT dead, because hard work without faith/prayer etc will get you what you need.

That's a weird statement. Why would your faith be strengthened by listening to someone talk about the hard work they put in to get a better life? I can understand faith in the process, the process of putting in work, but not faith in someone else to take over and get you what you need.

If there is a god, and I am not the "center of the universe" why the f would he take time out of his day to make sure that our mind is right? Maybe he/she/it/they/ flying spaghetti monster just wants you to be accountable for yourself.

Think people. You have a sober support system, no magic, to get you though this. It doesn't have to be complicated. We are ONLY special to the people that are close to us. In the universe, we are nothing. Take the training wheels off and thrive, we can do this.

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#3

I love you to pieces Taylor!!:hugs::hugs::hugs:

#4

I just want you all to give yourselves some credit. Digging yourself out of a hole is hard work. Staying out is harder. There is strength in you, that is YOU, nothing else. Embrace your strength and help other people with it.

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I am into action right now getting my home ready and livable thank you Taylor!! I have been wishing it away for years and now I have to do it, I even dropped my daughter off this morning and walked around the park 2 and did my morning meeting

#6

Excellent!

Ya know, we all wanna believe in something "bigger" out there that's rooting for us. But maybe there isn't. Maybe there is. I look at it like this: Err on the side of caution. Hope for the best prepare for the worst. When you're in recovery, or when you're out there, you meet people with nothing left to lose. Most people lost "faith" years ago. So instead of trying to restore their "faith" give them a different faith. YOUR experience. The work you put in to remain sober. Some real, reasonable, down to earth stuff that they can get into.

I was at a meeting the other day and there was a hungover new young fella there. Right after, a couple old guys bombarded him and started going on about "getting into the steps and getting active" etc. Are those things important? Sure, a regiment is important. But the kid was overwhelmed. I caught him in the parking lot and told him to ignore all of that shït right now, and just come and hang with some sober people as often as he could.

I've taken him to 8 meetings since then.

Free will. One thing at a time. One foot in front of the other, it's called walking ..

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