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bluidkiti · 03-12-2014, 09:47 AM

March 13

DEPEND ON IT

"We never apologize to anyone for depending upon our Creator." Alcoholics Anonymous, page 68

"When you bow down before the Lord and admit your dependence on Him, He will lift you up and give you honor." James 4: 10

For what it’s worth: My goal was total independence. I had grown to mistrust everyone and everything, so why would I wish to be dependent upon anyone or anything? Obviously, it did not work. I became dependent upon alcohol, and the addiction killed all my goals, reducing me to a worthless slave with no purpose or direction beyond the next drink. Alcoholism robbed my soul of all spiritual values and left it empty. It took the torment of an abandoned spiritual being to drive me to seek help in Alcoholics Anonymous. After years of living by the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, I have experienced dependency upon a Higher Power, and it is divine. Here is a once worthless, empty soul, now filled with gratitude and joy, living with the goal of becoming more dependent each day on the loving care of God. I trust my Heavenly Father’s love. I can depend on it!

God bless you.
Joe W.

03-12-2014, 09:47 AM	#15
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 71,100	March 13 DEPEND ON IT "We never apologize to anyone for depending upon our Creator." Alcoholics Anonymous, page 68 "When you bow down before the Lord and admit your dependence on Him, He will lift you up and give you honor." James 4: 10 For what it’s worth: My goal was total independence. I had grown to mistrust everyone and everything, so why would I wish to be dependent upon anyone or anything? Obviously, it did not work. I became dependent upon alcohol, and the addiction killed all my goals, reducing me to a worthless slave with no purpose or direction beyond the next drink. Alcoholism robbed my soul of all spiritual values and left it empty. It took the torment of an abandoned spiritual being to drive me to seek help in Alcoholics Anonymous. After years of living by the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, I have experienced dependency upon a Higher Power, and it is divine. Here is a once worthless, empty soul, now filled with gratitude and joy, living with the goal of becoming more dependent each day on the loving care of God. I trust my Heavenly Father’s love. I can depend on it! God bless you. Joe W. __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.