Invisible Means Of Support “Pay Forward” # 312

I greet The Indwelling Warehouse Keeper.

Today’s “Pay Forward” gift is – Invisible Means Of Support.  “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy" (Martin Luther King, Jr.), I had no firm ground to stand on when I came to Alcoholics Anonymous. I had worn out all who knew me. People were tired of me breaking my word; I intended to keep. The life of an active alcoholic was my failing support. The way I reacted to challenge was anger and blaming others. Joining my A.A. support group in service, I was willing and able to take suggestions. I became part of, instead of apart from. I was learning to trust my A.A. group. I accepted the dismantling of my personal "reality," my false self by working the steps and by watching the successful, peaceful members of Alcoholics Anonymous. I began to give and receive unconditional love: selfishness cannot survive in the presence of continuous self-giving. It does not matter what a new-comer has done or not done we want them to keep coming. That’s as unconditionally loving humans can be. By the grace of our Father through our support group, we are doing the impossible; for us that’s a miracle.  “Sometimes the worst thing that happens to you, the thing you can’t survive…it’s the thing that makes you better than you used to be” Jennifer Weiner. Thy Love, Thy Will be done.

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