we never apologize to anyone for
depending upon our Creator we can laugh
at those who think spirituality the way
of weakness paradoxically it is the way
of strength the verdict of the ages is
that faith means courage all men of
faith have courage they trust their God
we never apologize for God instead we
let him demonstrate through us what he
can do we ask him to remove our fear and
direct our attention to what he would
have us be at once we commence to
outgrow fear
and we have ceased fighting anything or
anyone even alcohol for by this time
sanity will have returned
we will seldom be interested in liquor
if tempted we recoil from it as from a
hot flame we react sanely and normally
and we will find that this has happened
automatically we will see that our new
attitude toward liquor has been given us
without any thought or effort on our
part it just comes that is the miracle
of it we are not fighting it neither are
we avoiding temptation we feel as though
we had been placed in a position of
neutrality safe and protected we have
not even sworn off instead the problem
has been removed it does not exist for
us we are neither cocky nor are we
afraid that is our experience that is
how we react so long as we keep in fit
spiritual condition
then they go on to tell us that is how
we react so long as we keep it spiritual
condition they're giving us a little
checklist it has been my experience
personally as well as observing people
I've worked with through the years in
these rooms that there's fundamentally
only one reason why I will drink again
that's because I'm not in fit spiritual
condition if I am in fit spiritual
condition it is impossible for me to
drink my God will not let it happen ask
yourself well how am I going to know if
I'm fit spiritual condition they just
got through telling us this is how we
react so I have a little checklist let's
see if I'm in this spiritual condition I
go back and I start reading the
beginning of the paragraph have I cease
fighting anything or anyone or am I
getting in arguments with people all the
time getting into debates getting on a
crusade got to convince you this is the
way you got to do the program it says
for this time sandy will snd return are
you selling them interested in liquor
and attempted have you been able to
recall from minutes from a hot plane are
you reacting saintly normally since
we're not fighting it we feel as though
we've been placed in the position of
neutrality safe and protected now if I
am truly spiritually fit and if I am
truly in a position of neutrality safe
and protected you know what that means
Eponine you cannot harm me if I am in a
position neutrality Satan how are you
going to hurt me what are you going to
do steal my truck go ahead take it
God's going give me another one you want
my money follow me follow me outside of
the meeting you know where it's dark my
go out to my truck and pull out a knife
of gun say I want your money I said okay
here take it why cuz I'm Satan protected
God's is going to give me more I can go
anywhere
but then the places that people told me
not to go let's take it to the extreme
let's say you get really resentful at me
and you decide you want to kill me bring
it on I'm just going to a better place
that's what being safer protective means
it means I'm no longer living in fear
that doesn't mean I don't experience
fear I'm not driven by fear anymore
because I become clear as a result of
following the recipe in this book that
I'm a spiritual being with a human
condition which means I'm going to have
human reactions I'm going to experience
sadness grief anger disappointment so on
and so forth but that's that's that
Snatcher normal for me
this thought brings us to step 10 which
suggests we continue to take personal
inventory and continue to set right any
new mistakes as we go along we
vigorously commence this way of living
as we cleaned up the past we have
entered the world of the spirit our next
function is to grow an understanding and
effectiveness this is not an overnight
matter it should continue for our
lifetime continue to watch for
selfishness dishonesty resentment and
fear when these crop up
we ask God at wants to remove them we
discuss them with someone immediately
and make amends quickly if we have
harmed anyone
then we resolutely turn our thoughts to
someone we can help love and tolerance
of others is our code
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