Emmet Fox was the Spiritual Advisor for Bill W. and many of the earliest AA members. He was one of the earliest leaders of New Thought thinking. I rapidly took him, figuratively, from the grave and made him my Spiritual Advisor, too, through his writings, thoughts, and teachings. To this day, he never ceases to amaze me. Just listen to the following: “You are not happy because you are well. You are well because you are happy. Not depressed because trouble has come to you, but trouble has come to you because you are depressed. You can change your thoughts and feelings, and then the outer things will come to correspond, and indeed there is no other way of working.”
Our thoughts are powerful stuff. It says “Change your thinking, change your life!” How do we change our thinking? For me, I must remember to ask. Ask who, you may wonder? Simple. Use the shortened version of the AA 3rd Step and merely say “God help me!” Then what, you may question? Get out of His way and let Him! How do you get out of his way? Since you have just asked for help, all you do now is get out of His way and let Him! And how do you do this? Since you do not have to remind your Higher Power about anything, put your mind on simply doing the next right thing.
This may take some doing because you have gone years, decades thinking differently. But, as the old saying goes “Practice makes perfect!” Do this and very soon you will be “just doing it” without even thinking about it consciously.
Know that relief is on its way because IT IS! If this formerly very large, very angry, violent, miserable bag of bones can do it, YOU CAN TOO! Just say “God help me,” let him, and let the good times roll. Things could be in turmoil all around you but you will be Happy, Joyous, and Free. Happy in your own thoughts that you can make decisions that formerly stumped you. Joyous that you are feeling much better about yourself. And Free because you are no longer under the influence of a mind altering substance. God bless you!
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