![]() ![]() If you're interested in getting into service as part of an Area Integroup, reach out at your home group and talk to your General Service Representative (GSR). There are approximately 757 Inter-Groups or Central Offices registered with A.A.’s General Service Office 514 are located in the United States and Canada. During this interview Rich mentions SEPIA, which is the Southeastern Pennsylvania Intergroup Association of AA. Rich speaks with authority about his experience with the service structure of A.A and also shares about the important ways even those with little time can get into service by helping to carry the message at meetings. ![]() ![]() The Daily Reflection Podcast provides hope, and inspiration through the shared experiences of people that have found a way out. When my will is in line with God’s will for me, there is peace within.Support the show Need the Daily Reflection Book? Visit our web site Read about Recovery on our Blog Visit our Facebook Group Follow us on Twitter Support the Podcast: - On Patreon: - On PayPal: If you’re struggling with alcohol or addiction, or wondering how to stop drinking it’s helpful to know that there’s a solution that has worked for millions of people. Surrender is like the calm after the storm. It is only when I have experienced enough emotional pain, through failed attempts to fix myself, that I become willing to surrender to God’s will for my life. The matter of will (self-will or God’s will) is the more difficult part of the Step for me. ![]() He alone controls the number of days I will be granted until physical death. I choose to believe my life has always been in God’s care. Someone, or something, was looking after me. I could see many times where I should have died, or at least been injured, during my previous style of living, and it never happened. 34 No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can one turn his own will and his own life over to the care of whatever God he thinks there is? In my search for the answer to this question, I became aware of the wisdom with which it was written: that this is a two-part Step. I will honor the truth I find.Ģ007-2023, NA World Services, Inc.Unable to stay sober for many years, Jean shares a powerful story that includes multiple relapses, and a final surrender of self-will to the program of Alcoholics Anonymous.Surrendering Self-Will Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. Just for Today: I will be quiet and still, listening for the voice of truth within myself. When we become silent, self-honesty will be there for us to find. Then, in the resulting stillness, we must listen for truth. In our Eleventh Step meditations, we must become quiet. To become honest with ourselves, we first must stop lying to ourselves. In our addiction, we created a storm of self-deception and rationalization, a whirlwind of lies in which the small, quiet voice of self-honesty could not be heard. The kind of honesty that is truly indispensable in recovery is self-honesty, which is neither easy nor simple to achieve. Honesty, though, means more than just not lying. With courage, determined practice, the support of our fellow NA members, and the help of our Higher Power, most of us eventually succeed at this kind of honesty. Some of us may have difficulty even with this kind of honesty, but at least learning not to lie is simple - you just don't do it, no matter what. By not using drugs anymore, we find we have less to lie about. We no longer have to lie to our families about where we were the night before. We no longer have to lie to our employers about our absence from work. All I have to do is stop lying." To some of us, this comes easily. When we come to our first meeting and hear that we must be honest, we may think, "Well now, that shouldn't be too difficult. " We have been experts at self-deception and rationalization." ![]()
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