Just for Today Reading... Nov 15th

November 15

Letting go

“Take my will and my life.  Guide me in my recovery.  Show me how to live.” Basic Text, p. 26 ––––=–––– How do we begin the process of letting our Higher Power guide our lives?  When we seek advice about situations that trouble us, we often find that our Higher Power works through others.  When we accept that we don’t have all the answers, we open ourselves to new and different options.  A willingness to let go of our preconceived ideas and opinions opens the channel for spiritual guidance to light our way. At times, we must be driven to the point of distraction before we are ready to turn difficult situations over to our Higher Power.  Anxiously plotting, struggling, planning, worrying—none of these suffice.  We can be sure that if we turn our problems over to our Higher Power, through listening to others share their experience or in the quiet of meditation, the answers will come. There is no point in living a frantic existence.  Charging through life like the house is on fire exhausts us and gets us nowhere.  In the long run, no amount of manipulation on our part will change a situation.  When we let go and allow ourselves access to a Higher Power, we will discover the best way to proceed.  Rest assured, answers derived from a sound spiritual basis will be far superior to any answers we could concoct on our own. ––––=–––– Just for today:  I will let go and let my Higher Power guide my life. Most of us, (like my self) came to this recovery program for the first time, we heard all this talk about GOD, or GOD OF YOUR UNDERSTANDING. Like most, I was afraid of that... I have never in my life been much of a God person, I was always afraid to open my mind to something like church or any religion for that matter, Mainly cause I was mad!  The best part of this Recovery Program that we MUST live to is that it is all based around THE GOD OF YOUR UNDERSTANDING. The idea is for you to come to believe that there is something out there that is bigger and stronger than you, that is willing to listen in your time of need, that is willing to Guide you in your recovery... help you meet new people in your life that don 't use. I came to believe that there was something bigger and better to me out there and my life became so much more easier ! My recovery kinda just fell in to place, and now I am living the life that I never thought I could... Thanks to the 12 steps, and the God of my understanding... I am clean and sober today, and have the heart and mind set to help others see that life is so much better that way! :)  My name is Denny, And I am a Addict!