Thursday, January 31, 2013

New Chapter Begins - Into Action



Step We Are On: Five

 Page: 72

 Chapter: 6 “Into Action”

Subject:   Discussing ourselves with another person

Good morning. Now that we have taken Steps Three and Four and have decided to put the Program of Alcoholics Anonymous to the test, we are ready to go into action.  That just happens to be the title of Chapter 6, “INTO ACTION”.  In this Chapter, we are given the directions, the prayers and what some call the “Promises” for Steps Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten and Eleven.  Better than “promises” they are really predictions of what will happen to us as we go through and experience a transformation that this program induces.

Pages 72 through 88

            What seems to be so amazing about this Program is its simplicity.  We are told how to make our decision to begin recovery on page 63.  From page 64 through page 83, we are told what we must do to be assured of a spiritual awakening or a spiritual experience.  Once we have taken the action outlined in these pages, we are told we are now recovered alcoholics.  

            To maintain that miracle and to grow spiritually, we are told how we can take care of the moment by applying Step Ten and how to gain the Power and Knowledge of His will for us by practicing Step Eleven. That precious information is contained in just 5 pages (Pages 84 through 88).  

            Having followed the clear-cut directions presented in these 24 pages of this Basic Text, we are promised that we will have a spiritual awakening and thereby have a Solution for all our problems.  Not just the problem of alcoholism, but ALL our problems.

The only way to see if that will prove true for us, as it did the authors of this Book, is to do what they report they did.  With Step Four, we have taken only the first action Step. Now it is time for action and more action.

NOTE: Please see now compelled, time sensitive words like "NOW" continue to move the protege from one step to the next with zero haste. 
We recover by the Steps we take, not the meetings we make.

NEXT POST – we get INTO ACTION!

Peace and Love,
Danny S – RLRA
Real Live Recovered Alcoholic




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