Do not hold on to earth’s treasures so firmly that your hands are too occupied to clasp God’s hands as He holds them out to you in love. Relinquish every material thing and receive it back again from God. Unclasp your hold on material things, relax your grip, and the tide of peace and serenity will flow in. Loosen your hold on earth, its cares, and its worries. You must open up like a flower to this divine irradiation. God irradiates your life with the warmth of His spirit. Was my personality problem ever solved by going on the wagon or taking the pledge? That’s why taking the pledge usually doesn’t work. That’s why going on the wagon doesn’t solve anything. Alcoholics cannot stop drinking unless they find a way to solve their personality problems. They drink to escape from life, to counteract feelings of loneliness or inferiority, or because of some emotional conflict within them, so that they cannot adjust themselves to life. I am now once again a part of the human family. I began to experience moments of contentment. Like a thermostat being turned down, my fears diminished. One day at a time, almost imperceptibly, I healed. program, many of these tangled threads unraveled but, little by little, the most broken places of my life straightened out. When I began working the Steps of the A.A. This process is too much for most of us without help from a Higher Power and our friends in the Fellowship. When I stopped drinking I began a lifetime process of recovery from unruly emotions, painful relationships, and unmanageable situations. These words remind me that I have more problems than alcohol, that alcohol is only a symptom of a more pervasive disease. We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn’t control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn’t make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn’t seem to be of real help to other people.
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