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Thoughts
For
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Growing Up
"As we grow spiritually, we
find that our old attitudes toward our instincts need to undergo drastic
revisions. Our desires for emotional security and wealth, for personal
prestige and power, for romance, and for family satisfactions - all
these have to be tempered and redirected. We have learned that the
satisfaction of instincts cannot be the sole end and aim of our lives.
If we place instincts first, we have got the cart before the horse; we
shall be pulled backward into disillusionment. But when we are willing to
place spiritual growth first - then and only then do we have a real
chance."
Twelve
Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 114,
Copyright 1952 A.A.W.S. Inc.
Thought to Consider
. . .
The program has helped me grow up enough to be a
kid again.
Suppose we fall short of the chosen ideal and stumble? Does this
mean we are going to get drunk? Some people tell us so. But this is only a
half-truth. It depends on us and on our motives. If we are sorry for what we
have done, and have the honest desire to let God take us to better things, we
believe we will be forgiven and will have learned our lesson. If we are not
sorry, and our conduct continues to harm others, we are quite sure to drink. We
are not theorizing. These are facts out of our
experience.
2001 AAWS Inc.
Alcoholics Anonymous, page
70