AA *Nothing Grows In The Dark--Step 10

Working Step Ten in our program helps us to know the gratification of sobriety ("Daily Reflections" pg. 303). Our daily self-assessment provides reassurance that we're not always wrong and can help us accept ourselves just as we are today. Then, the reading from "24 Hours A Day" (Oct. 20th) points out the great debt we owe to the AA program and asks us the probing question: What are we going to do about it?

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Daily Reflections Nothing Grows in the Dark We will want the good that is in us all,

Even in the worst of us,

To flower and to grow.

From As Bill Sees It,

Page 10.

With the self-discipline and insight gained from practicing Step 10,

I begin to know the gratification of sobriety.

Not as mere abstinence from alcohol,

But as recovery in every department of my life.

I renew hope,

Regenerate faith,

And regain the dignity of self-respect.

I discovered the word AND in the phrase,

AND when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

Reassured that I am no longer always wrong,

I learn to accept myself as I am with a new sense of the miracles of sobriety and serenity.

24 hours a day.

AA thought for the day.

For the past few weeks we've been asking ourselves some searching questions.

We've not been able to answer them all as we would like.

But on the right answers to these questions will depend the usefulness and effectiveness of our lives and to some extent the usefulness and effectiveness of the entire AA movement.

It all boils down to this.

I owe a deep debt to AA and to the grace of God.

Am I going to do all I can to repay that debt?

Let us search our souls,

Make our decisions,

And act accordingly.

Any real success we have in life will depend on that.

Now is the time to put our conclusions into effect.

What am I going to do about it?

Meditation for the day.

Our Lord and our God be it done unto us according to Thy will.

Simple acceptance of God's will in whatever happens is the key to abundant living.

We must continue to pray,

Not my will but Thy will be done.

It may not turn out the way you want it to,

But it will be the best way in the long run because it's God's way.

If you decide to accept whatever happens as God's will for yourself,

Whatever it may be,

Your burdens will be lighter.

Try to see in all things some fulfillment of the divine intent.

Prayer for the day.

I pray that I may see the working out of God's will in my life.

I pray that I may be content with whatever He wills for me.