Belief Means Reliance, Not Defiance
I had this engraved on my first anniversary Zippo lighter that The Blue Point Group was kind enough to offer.
I was able to identify with defiant. It was a word used many times in regards to my demeanor.
From pg. 31 in The 12 and 12;
“As psychiatrists have often observed, defiance is the outstanding characteristic of many an alcoholic. So it’s not strange that lots of us have had our day at defying God Himself.
When we encountered A.A., the fallacy of our defiance was revealed. At no time had we asked what God’s will was for us; instead we had been telling Him what it ought to be. No man, we saw, could believe in God and defy Him, too. Belief meant reliance, not defiance. In A.A. we saw the fruits of this belief: men and women spared from alcohol’s final catastrophe. We saw them meet and transcend their other pains and trials. We saw them calmly accept impossible situations, seeking neither to run nor to recriminate. This was not only faith; it was faith that worked under all conditions. We soon concluded that whatever price in humility we must pay, we would pay.”
The “impossible” situations become easier and easier to handle and get through. True. Thankfully. I made them impossible. God and A.A. made them “dealable.” I don’t have to be defiant any more.
A Sober, Clean Evening To All,
Mark
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