IF THE ONLY PRAYER YOU SAID IN YOUR LIFE WAS "THANK YOU", THAT WOULD SUFFICE. ~Meister Eckhart

Thursday, May 18, 2006

05.18.06

It is not the kind of work you do that allows you to be of service. It is you who must choose to be of service through the work you do. ~today's DailyOm

Today I am grateful...
  • to have gone with dAAve to meet Alexis at her home group, the Journey Group
  • that we got to meet Alexis' sponsor Gena (or Gina?) and look at some really pretty young men
  • for the informalness of the meeting, it was like a big group of friends hanging out. They are so friendly, and you know how that makes an alcoholic feel. No, not those suspect feelings, but those of acceptance.
  • to drive way out Richmond Road which brought back many memories
  • for prayers of gratitude
  • to have heard a story of how and why the program of AA can completely turn someone into a someone they sometimes don't recognize
  • that Matt celebrated 60 days yesterday
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing; that's why we recommend it daily. ~Zig Ziglar

He supplied us with the tools with which to puncture the toughest alcoholic ego, those shattering phrases by which he described our illness: the obsession of the mind that compels us to drink and the allergy of the body that condemns us to go mad or die. These were indispensable passwords. Dr. Silkworth taught us how to till the black soil of hopelessness out of which every single spiritual awakening in our fellowship has since flowered. ~AA Comes of Age

2 comments:

Sunshine said...

Its Jeanna : ) and isn't she great? I totally forgot to mention all the cuties in our meeting, so I'm glad you were entertained. and thank you for forgiving our informal nature, we tend to goof off a lot.....

Sunshine said...

P.S. thank you SO much for coming out there! I know it was a helluva drive!