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bluidkiti · 03-25-2024, 06:24 AM

March 25

The Eleventh Promise

We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.

~Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

When we are new in recovery and survive a major problem or make progress, we try to explain it by saying we have been saved by coincidence. Then our new friends are quick to tell us that there are no coincidences in recovery, only miracles. God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.

As we meditate on this promise, we must practice patience, belief, and trust in our Higher Power. God always lets us know that miracles come in His time, not ours.

This promise tells us we must accept God's help, not merely be resigned to it. We must let go of our problems personally and turn them over to God with faith.

When I drank or used, my Higher Power was the substance I was using. I seldom admitted it. The eleventh promise tells me I have found a Higher Power that can and will do great things for me in spite of myself.

Today's reading is from the book Easy Does It: A Book of Daily Twelve Step Meditations*

03-25-2024, 06:24 AM	#25
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 70,878	March 25 The Eleventh Promise We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. ~Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous When we are new in recovery and survive a major problem or make progress, we try to explain it by saying we have been saved by coincidence. Then our new friends are quick to tell us that there are no coincidences in recovery, only miracles. God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. As we meditate on this promise, we must practice patience, belief, and trust in our Higher Power. God always lets us know that miracles come in His time, not ours. This promise tells us we must accept God's help, not merely be resigned to it. We must let go of our problems personally and turn them over to God with faith. When I drank or used, my Higher Power was the substance I was using. I seldom admitted it. The eleventh promise tells me I have found a Higher Power that can and will do great things for me in spite of myself. Today's reading is from the book Easy Does It: A Book of Daily Twelve Step Meditations* __________________ "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.