and you can be too!
What does the saying “Living Happy, Joyous, and Free” mean to you? Is the first thing you think of when hearing it is “Yeah, sure,” and “If you had my problems, you would drink, too?”
If this is the case then I would strongly suggest looking deeply into how your program is being worked. “Half measures availed us nothing” means exactly what it says.
Think of that Law of Attraction again and look into the mirror of your own life. Now, ask what is being put into your life’s mirror. If you put all good into your mirror of life, EXPECT to have good in return.
This does not mean that every day will be filled with chuckles and laughter but there will be nothing put back into your life that you can not handle. If you put half measures, such as only working part of the program at all times, you will get half goodness in return.
Along with this, though, I would suggest looking deeply into the 3rd Step because, if you totally turn your will and life over to your Higher Power, KNOW and EXPECT it to get better.
First, though, you have to know that it will work. This brings us back to CBA. 1st, we Conceive a thought, like your life is going to become better. 2nd, Believe that this is true and expect that it will occur.
3rd, you will Achieve the good life because you will have thought it into existence and truly believed that it would occur. This is because you first turned it over to your Higher Power.
These sayings that you hear regularly around the AA meetings and literature are not empty chants. How do you know this? You have seen it happen in others and actually felt it in varying degrees yourself since starting to work the AA Program.
You don’t need decades in the program to see results. They will become apparent just as soon as you try to work the program to the best of your ability each and every day, not just at meetings.
Notice that I didn’t say to work the program perfectly? “We strive for progress, not perfection.” When you see and feel it happen, you are demonstrating and witnessing progress.
When you can feel the progress it is much better than if you only know it in your head. I strongly suggest that, if you are new to the program, study it and learn about it with your heart and gut, not your head.
If you have been around the program for a while and want things to improve in your life, I heartily suggest you do the same. Know it truly with your heart and your head will be sure to follow.
“But, Jim, how do I learn with my heart? They never told us this in school.” My suggestion is to first go back and truly take Step 3 and then know you will be led in the right direction.
From then on, if it feels good and right, do it. Why? Because if you are working your program to the best of your ability 24/7/365, if it feels right it IS right.
If there is any apprehension at all, step back and reconsider. When the apprehension disappears, do it and do it now! I am truly Happy, Joyous, and Free. I will be even Happier when you all become just as Happy, Joyous, and Free as I am and even more.
Thank you, God!
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