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Roy Gray posted an update 1 year, 8 months ago
October 27
Living in the present
We want to look our past in the face, see it for what it really was, and release it so we can live today.
Basic Text, p. 29
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For many of us, the past is like a bad dream. Our lives arent the same any more, but we still have fleeting, highly charged emotional memories of a really uncomfortable past. The guilt, fear, and anger that once dominated us may spill into our new life, complicating our efforts to change and grow.
The Twelve Steps are the formula that helps us learn to put the past in its place. Through the Fourth and Fifth Steps, we become aware that our old behavior didnt work. We ask a Higher Power to relieve us of our shortcomings in the Sixth and Seventh Steps, and we begin to be relieved of the guilt and fear that plagued us for so many years. In the Eighth and Ninth Steps, by making amends, we demonstrate to others that our lives are changing. We are no longer controlled by the past. Once the past loses its control over us, we are free to find new ways to live, ways that reflect who we truly are.
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Just for today: I dont have to be controlled by my past. I will live this new day as the new person I am becoming.
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June 26
Surrendering self-will
Our fears are lessened and faith begins to grow as we learn the true meaning of surrender. We are no longer fighting fear, anger, guilt, self-pity, or depression.
Basic Text, p. 27
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Surrender is the beginning of a new way of life. When driven primarily by self-will, we constantly wondered whether wed co […] View