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September 9, 2018
OPENING NEW DOORS
They [the Promises] are being fulfilled among us - sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly.
They [the Promises] are being fulfilled among us - sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84
The Promises talked about in this passage
The Promises talked about in this passage
are slowly coming to life for me.
What has given me hope is putting Step Nine into action.
The Step has allowed me to see
and set goals for myself in recovery.
Old habits and behaviors die hard.
Working Step Nine enables me to close the door
on the drunk I was, and to open new avenues for myself
as a sober alcoholic.
Making direct amends is crucial for me.
As I repair relationships and behavior of the past,
I am better able to live a sober life!
Although I have some years of sobriety,
there are times when the "old stuff"
from the past needs to be taken care of,
and Step Nine always works, when I work it.
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A Vision of the Whole
"Though many of us have had to struggle for sobriety,
"Though many of us have had to struggle for sobriety,
never yet has this Fellowship had to struggle for lost unity. Consequently, we sometimes take this one great gift for granted.
We forget that, should we lose our unity,
the millions of alcoholics who still 'do not know'
might never get their chance."
"We used to be skeptical about large A.A. gatherings
"We used to be skeptical about large A.A. gatherings
like conventions, thinking they might prove too exhibitionistic.
But, on balance, their benefit is huge.
While each A.A.'s interest should center principally
in those about him and upon his own group,
it is both necessary and desirable
that we all get a larger vision of the whole.
"The General Service Conference in New York
"The General Service Conference in New York
also produces this effect upon those who attend.
It is a vision-stretching process."
1. LETTER, 1949 - 2. LETTER, 1956
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