Loosid Sober Tip of the Day March 28

A life run on self-will is doomed to fail.

Much of recovery has to do with taking us away from self-will and turning it over to a power greater than ourselves.

It is very important to note that it is not tied to any religion or devotion. It is 100% spiritual, and the higher power is whatever you want it to be, so long as it is not us.

To some, we turn our will over to this higher power who we may choose to call God. For others, who may be atheist or agnostic, we often turn our power over to our sober peers. In this case our God is Group-Of-Drunks.

Another thing we may want to do is add an “o” to God. When we are agitated, pause and think, what is the G-oo-d thing to do?

We can also look at it as Gift Of Dignity or Good Orderly Direction.

The most important thing to know that the answers will not come from us at it is our thinking that got us into trouble in the first place.

Just for today, choose to free yourself from the bondage of self and ask whatever or whoever your higher power is to direct your thoughts as to the next right thing to do.

How did this tip resonate with you? Let us know your thoughts below. There are many people in the Loosid community who need to hear what you have to say.

With Love, Loosid :pray::heart:

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I was blessed with the Gift Of Desperation. This is a spiritual program. I believe in step 3 we must turn our will and our lives over to the care of God "as we understand God" if we are to remain on this wonderful journey of sobriety and have a spiritual awakening as the result of continuing to work the steps. I think we can all have our own understanding of God, but we are misguided if we try to make up our own God. I did that when I was using because I could make up my own rules too. There's only one God :v:

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I try so hard to understand I’m open and gave god everything he is my higher power some days I don’t understand things but I stay positive and try to do everything the way it is la​:blush::sparkles: in gods way I hope everyone has a great day