LEST WE BECOME COMPLACENT

Daily Reflections - OCTOBER 01

It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 85

When I am in pain it is easy to stay close to the friends I have  found  in  the  program.  Relief  from  that  pain  is provided in the solutions contained in A.A.'s Twelve Steps. But when I am feeling good and things are going well, I can become complacent. To put it simply, I become lazy and turn into the problem instead of the solution. I need to get into action,  to take  stock:  where  am  I and  where  am  I going? A daily inventory will tell me what I must change to regain  spiritual  balance.  Admitting  what  I  find  within myself,  to  God  and  to  another  human  being,  keeps  me honest and humble.