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Thoughts on Recovery – No. 68 – The Spiritual Axiom and the Serenity Prayer in the big book of Alcoholics Anonymous – Pages 87-88 – Step 10-11 – Part 2
In part 1, I looked at the spiritual power of pausing whenever I am disturbed. This act of pausing reminds me I am no longer running the show. When I am disturbed I am in danger because I am back in self and separated from God. This is the essence of the spiritual axiom. I…
Read MoreThought No. 67 – The Spiritual Axiom and Serenity Prayer in the big book of Alcoholics Anonymous – Pages 87-88 – Step 10-11 -Part 1
I have been thinking about writing on the paragraph on the bottom of page 87 to top of page 88. It came to me that this is the spiritual axiom and the serenity prayer in the AA big book. I have written and talked about the spiritual axiom. It is in step 10 in the…
Read MoreThoughts on Recovery – No. 66 – Step 11 – Concluding Prayer – What is my next step to be? Page 87
After concluding my morning meditation they suggest a powerful prayer that I say every day. I call this the next right thing prayer. I have heard many times someone say I just do the next right thing. It sounds good but for me doing the next right thing brought me to complete defeat! Why? Because…
Read MoreThoughts on Recovery – No. 65 – Step 11 – When I face indecision – P86
After they look at upon awakening the authors talk about looking at the day ahead. In thinking about my day I may face indecision. We may not be able to determine which course to take – page 86. Why did they put that next? I have thought about that through the years. To admit I…
Read MoreThought No. 78 – Welcome to the Site
This site went live on June 14, 2017. I wrote this on july 2 2017 and I thought it would be helpful to republish this as a thought so new people would see what EBB was all about. I started the Experience the Big Book meeting in September 2008. See my story podcast June 2018…
Read MoreThoughts on Recovery – No. 64 – Step 11 – Upon Awakening – Page 86
I complete my nightly review by asking God’s forgiveness and I inquire what corrective measures should be taken. I have found that the nightly review helps me put things in proper perspective. In the 12 and 12 it says having considered our day and having searched our hearts with neither fear or favor, we can…
Read MoreThoughts on Recovery – No. 63 – Step 11 – Why did they wait to step 11 to suggest prayer and meditation? Putting this step in perspective with steps 1-10
At the meeting last Sunday night we were looking at the paragraph on becoming God conscious. I had written a thought no. 61 on that which we also read at the meeting. There were some excellent comments at the meeting about how important prayer is as an essential part of recovery. I asked myself why…
Read MoreThoughts on Recovery – No. 62 – Step 11 – Nightly Review – Into Action – Page 86
The first instruction on prayer and meditation starts with when we retire at night. They suggest I constructively review my day. Often people say they do step 10 at night. Step 10 is designed to be done during the day to immediately unblock me so I can live in harmony with God and the world.…
Read MoreThoughts on Recovery – No. 61 – We have become God conscious – Step 10-11 – Page 85
The authors state that by doing steps 1-9 and working step 10 on a daily basis that we have become God conscious on page 85. Conscious means aware of or having knowledge of something. To become awake. So I come to AA as an agnostic. They use the term agnostic to mean those without knowledge…
Read MoreThoughts on Recovery – No. 60 – Step 10 – The 2 Musts -The Proper Use of My Will – Page 85
In my final thought on step 10 I want to focus on the 2 musts on page 85 in the third paragraph on step 10. The first paragraph on step 10 on page 84 describes how we stay in the World of the Spirit. The second paragraph on step 10 pages 84-5 gives us the…
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