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bluidkiti · 01-12-2025, 07:11 AM

January 12

Defects keep us stuck.

We complicate Step Six by trying to determine whether or not we are "entirely ready" to give up some character traits. Many have become strangely cherished by the time we reach the program. They have seemed like survival tactics in the midst of our personal storms. As a result, believing that we no longer need certain character traits will take willingness and courage. That's what our friends in the program can help us develop.

At first it seems unlikely that we can change; after all, this is who we are. However, having friends and a Higher Power make trying to change possible. Becoming entirely ready to give up some behavioral trait comes next. As we relinquish our defective behavioral traits, one at a time, we realize how stuck we had been. And we experience genuine joy over our discovery that we can be someone different.

Today is a fresh start on being who I want to be, free of any defect.

Today's reading is from the book A Life of My Own: Meditations on Hope and Acceptance*

01-12-2025, 07:11 AM	#12
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 74,688	January 12 Defects keep us stuck. We complicate Step Six by trying to determine whether or not we are "entirely ready" to give up some character traits. Many have become strangely cherished by the time we reach the program. They have seemed like survival tactics in the midst of our personal storms. As a result, believing that we no longer need certain character traits will take willingness and courage. That's what our friends in the program can help us develop. At first it seems unlikely that we can change; after all, this is who we are. However, having friends and a Higher Power make trying to change possible. Becoming entirely ready to give up some behavioral trait comes next. As we relinquish our defective behavioral traits, one at a time, we realize how stuck we had been. And we experience genuine joy over our discovery that we can be someone different. Today is a fresh start on being who I want to be, free of any defect. Today's reading is from the book A Life of My Own: Meditations on Hope and Acceptance* __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.

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