![]() ![]() It teaches us how we should look at creation. The circle teaches us how the Creator made things and how to live. "Life, the circle, a measurement with no beginning and no end." Happy is he who lives in this world free from passion, has overcome sensual enjoyment, and who has attained mastership over the conceit of "I am." This indeed is the highest happiness. Happy is he who lives in this world free from ill-will, and is benevolent towards all beings. Happy is he who lives contented in solitude, is well-versed in the Doctrine and who has realized it. It’s the fear of what comes after the doing that makes the doing hard to do. "Tough times don't last, only tough folks do" "Courage is the power to let go of the familiar." - Raymond Lindquist © Copyright 1991-2013 by Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc. ![]() When the need arises, I know I will be able to trust in that care. Just for today : I will seek to improve my conscious contact with the Higher Power that cares for me. The more consistently we seek to improve our conscious appreciation of these principles, the more readily we will be able to apply them. "Our program is a set of principles," our White Booklet tells us. Then, we will seek guidance and power for the situation at hand and proceed calmly, confident that our lives are in God's hands. This will assure us that our Higher Power is still in charge of our lives. Rather than acting rashly, we will stop for a moment and briefly remind ourselves of particular instances in the past when our Higher Power has shown its care for us. What happens when we find ourselves stressed or panicked? If we have consistently sought to improve our relationship with our Higher Power, we'll have no problem. Unless we learn to consciously apply this spiritual truth, we may miss out on something as essential to our recovery as breathing is to life itself. Because this principle is so basic, we may tend to ignore it. One such principle is that, if we ask, our Higher Power will care for us. Our program is based on the idea that the application of simple principles can produce profound effects in our lives. "We believe that our Higher Power will take care of us." I pray that my life today may be lived close to His and to theirs. I pray that I may be loyal to God and to others. Then, when our prayer is answered, we are bound together in a lasting fellowship of the spirit. Then it follows that our prayer will be answered according to God's will. ![]() Then, when God is there and one with us, we voice a common prayer. Then, when this condition has been fulfilled, God is present with us. "We are gathered together in Thy name." First, we are gathered together, bound by a common loyalty to God and to each other. Could I be the only exception to this rule? Many alcoholics have tried drinking after a period of sobriety from a few days to a few years and no one that we know of has been successful in becoming a normal drinker. This has never been disproved by any case we know of. and stay sober from then on? There are many reasons, but it has been proved without exception that once we have become alcoholics we can never drink successfully again. Why do these slips occur? Why don't we all accept A.A. way is the way of sobriety, and yet there are slips. © Copyright 1990 by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. In remembering that every member is an example of sobriety, each one living the Eleventh Tradition, I am able to experience freedom because each one of us is anonymous. Humility brings me closer to the actual spirit of togetherness and oneness, without which I could not stay sober. ![]() The basic concept of humility is expressed in the Eleventh Tradition: It allows me to participate completely in the program in such a simple, yet, profound manner it fulfills my need to be an integral part of a significant whole. In it, each member becomes an active guardian of our Fellowship. This tradition is a constant and practical reminder that personal ambition has no place in A.A. It is more than a denial of self-seeking. To us, however, it represents far more than a sound public relations policy. Together WE Trudge The Road OF Happy Destiny ![]()
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