Alcoholics Anonymous | June 19 | DonInLondon | Step 6 "Let Go"
Channel: Don DonInLondon
Date: 2011-06-19

June 19 2012 | AA 12 Steps In Action | Step 6 Spiritual Willingness Alcoholics Anonymous  [Full daily blog link: http://donoddylondon.blogspot.com/] Today's AA daily reflection: "halt who goes there? Friend or foe... AA regeneration..." Hungry, angry, lonely and tired HALT can be friends or foes, frenemey the friend or enemy changes with the times. The old message in a bottle no longer works, the new message in fellowship is that reality works, and it need only work one day at a time...

Regeneration, letting go the old parts of life, and sometimes every part of life to find a new path to be able to live life on life's terms. No longer needing to fix anything least of all my feelings with something outside of me, people places and things and usually the thing that fixed my feelings or gave me control to be out of control was alcohol. An old English term "blotto" blotted out real feelings or exaggerated feelings I feared or suppressed feelings I thought were shameful or unworthy...

Regeneration in any form is about change and in some cases reform and in some cases a return to natural state of being. A natural state of being for me is experiencing reality as it is, learning how I feel about life, in other words having a mature and working emotional outlook. It does not mean my emotions will become bland, it means every emotion mankind has now works in me. And there is nothing shameful about all emotions are working in the moment of now...

Just because I have feelings about people, places and things, it does not mean that others or anyone may feel the same way but it does help. As I now start to respect my own feelings about people places and things, I need to be respectful of other people's feelings about people places and things. We may love and cherish people in our lives, and we will be loved back by some and how I love and cherish may be very unwelcome by some too and that is very okay today, how to let go inappropriate feelings...

Regeneration, learning how to love, be loved back and cherished... The good news, love comes our way on many levels which is wonderful. Two of the most challenging elements in life can be romance and finance. Just because we love another romantically it does not mean that they can love us back in the same way... Be prepared for reality and acceptance! And in finance, I have learned that if needs are met, stop wanting before it becomes another fix and addiction today...

The good news with regeneration in human terms is that times change, feelings change and if we have courage, faith and confidence we can always challenge our own outlook. And of course we can change our minds as can everyone else. In other words human relationships, sometimes they grow, sometimes they diminish and sometimes we just don't know where we stand which is another good part of recovery, it is okay not to know and not to understand anything in the moment of now. And we can find out...



DonInLondon 2005-2012 [Full daily blog link: http://donoddylondon.blogspot.com/] 

AA Official Online Site: Daily Reflections http://www.aa.org/lang/en/aareflections.cfm
AA Official Online Site: Big Book And Twelve And Twelve http://www.aa.org/lang/en/subpage.cfm?page=359

Step 6. "Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character" At this point, it would be a good idea to look again at our sharing in step five, where we define character and list a number of our defects. Completing step 5, we have compiled a list of 

the character defects. Step six is concerned with our spiritual willingness to have these defects of character removed, contingent on each day we meditate and pray in good conscience, and or to God as we understand for ourselves. Seven billion humans, seven billion 

outlooks and defintions about God every day... yours is as good as it gets today...

Step 6 "Spiritual Willingness" Reading Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M32D2S_A-g
June Video Reading Chapter Six Into Action Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agVuLKhdqk8

I do not speak for Alcoholics Anonymous I speak for myself. 

Spiritual principles ~ Forgiveness Acceptance Surrender Faith Open-mindedness Honesty Willingness Moral-inventory Amends Humility Persistence Spiritual-growth Service

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