Topics – Oct 20th
1) Daily Reflections
SOLACE FOR CONFUSION
Obviously, the dilemma of the wanderer from faith is that of profound confusion. He thinks himself lost to the comfort of any conviction at all. He cannot attain in even a small degree the assurance of the believer, the agnostic, or the atheist. He is the bewildered one. – TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 28
2) As Bill Sees It
Pain-Killer—-or Pain-Healer, p. 291
In every A.A. story, pain has been the price of admission into a new life. But this admission price purchased more than we expected. It led us to a measure of humility, which we soon discovered to be a healer of pain. We began to fear pain less, and desire humility more than ever. – Twelve and Twelve, p.75
3) Alcoholics Anonymous – Fourth Edition
Chapter 5 – HOW IT WORKS
We reviewed our fears thoroughly. We put them on paper, even though we had no resentment in connection with them. We asked ourselves why we had them. Wasn’t it because self-reliance failed us? Self-reliance was good as far as it went, but it didn’t go far enough. Some of us once had great self-confidence, but it didn’t fully solve the fear problem, or any other. When it made us cocky, it was worse. – p. 68
4) AA ‘Big Book’ – Quote
Of far more importance was the fact that he was the first living human with whom I had ever talked, who knew what he was talking about in regard to alcoholism from actual experience. In other words, ‘he talked my language. He knew all the answers, and certainly not because he had picked them up in his reading. – Pg. 180 – Doctor Bob’s Nightmare