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Topics 5/19/25 💌

1) *GIVING WITHOUT STRINGS* 

And they know that their own life has been made richer, as an extra dividend of giving to another without any demand for a return.

-AS BILL SEES IT, p. 69

 2) Twenty-Four Hours A Day

 Fellowship is a big part of staying sober. The doctors call it group therapy. We never go to an A.A. meeting without taking something out of it. 

Meetings are part of keeping sober. And we get more out of a meeting if we try to contribute something to it. Am I contributing my share at meetings?

3) *Today’s Gift* 

As we learn we always change, and so our perception. This changed perception then becomes a new Teacher inside each of us.

Change is sometimes frightening. We usually prefer the familiar, no matter how uncomfortable, over taking a chance on the unknown.

Getting to know fear allows us to ask it for a gift: the courage to walk with fear by our side and learn from it as we go. It allows us to learn which fear is blocking our progress and which fear is healthy – cautioning us against actions that might be harmful.

^{4) *Days Of Healing Days Of Joy*} 

There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften —Edmund Spenser 

Grieving people often feel angry at everyone around them, including doctors, themselves, and the person who had deserted them by dying. Then they may feel guilty for being angry. 

Finally, the exhaustion lifts and the turmoil subsides. The acceptance that develops does not mean that the loved one is forgotten — it means that the death is accepted at an actual fact, a final fact. It means that we have healed enough to go on with our own lives. 

I realize that the healing process takes time. I accept that my life will be changed by my loss, but that it is still my life.