| WELCOME TO THE 7TH EDITION |
| ALCOHOLIC REPRIEVE |
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| 'THE PROMISES' |
| January 15th, 2002 |
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| Today I became fifty-two years old. Not in my wildest dreams would I have believed that I would witness this day feeling great. Especially not back on February 12th, 1998, while lying in a hospital bed near death from alcohol poison. Not that I had given up on living my life in misery as an active alcoholic, but rather, knowing today that my life was in the hands of a power greater than thyself. As is written in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, the promises do come true if you truely have the desire to not drink. This was one promise I made to myself. When you begin to see light at the end of the tunnel of misery, you begin to vision the hope of a new beginning. As you continue to strive forward, the negativity of knowing everything in only black and white starts to sprinkle with those colors of the rainbow. The beauty of a new life begins warming up with in yourself. You start to grow stronger with each passing minute. The memories that we all have will be explored with a new understanding. Working the suggested steps provide all the answers. You will know easy does it and keep it simple. You can relax, take in a deep breath of air, and exhale to a slow pace of living. Escaping from, as I did, being placed in your grave to toss and turn for all eternity. To find new, that you are alive, to be able to share with no doubts with an uplifting belief. That you are a miracle. That there is a purpose forthcoming too. Your new feelings will be mutual with that of all Americans, who came together from the disaster back on September 11th, 2001. You will become pleased to what you have got, with no second guessing. A Higher Power to guide you with each passing day. A new found strength to reach the end of that tunnel of misery and open up to the blue sky above and the sunshine on even a cloudy day. The gratitude to know that we all were not the God we thought we were. That a power of the universe is actually working in our lives. These promises are being fulfilled among us, sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if you work for them. Believe in it, and make a promise to yourself. Bingocliff 1/15/02 |