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11-22-2005, 07:29 AM
The Al-Anon Promises
?From Survival to Recovery? (page 269)
"If we willingly surrender ourselves to the spiritual discipline of the
Twelve Steps, our lives will be transformed. We will become
mature, responsible individuals with a great capacity for joy,
fulfillment, and wonder.
Though we may never be perfect, continued spiritual progress
will reveal to us our enormous potential. We will discover that we
are both worthy of love and loving. We will love others without
losing ourselves, and will learn to accept love in return.
Our sight, once clouded and confused, will clear and we will be
able to perceive reality and recognize truth.
Courage and fellowship will replace fear.
We will be able to risk failure to develop new, hidden talents.
Our lives, no matter how battered and degraded, will yield hope
to share with others.
We will begin to feel and will come to know the vastness of our
emotions, but we will not be slaves to them.
Our secrets will no longer bind us in shame.
As we gain the ability to forgive ourselves, our families, and the
world, our choices will expand.
With dignity we will stand for ourselves, but not against our fellows.
Serenity and peace will have meaning for us as we allow our lives
and the lives of those we love to flow day by day with God?s ease,
balance, and grace.
No longer terrified, we will discover we are free to delight in life?s
paradox, mystery, and awe.
We will laugh more.
Fear will be replaced by faith, and gratitude will come naturally as
we realize that our Higher Power is doing for us what we cannot
do for ourselves."
From 'From Survival to Recovery', page 269,
copyright 1994 by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.;
limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family
Group Headquarters, Inc.
?From Survival to Recovery? (page 269)
"If we willingly surrender ourselves to the spiritual discipline of the
Twelve Steps, our lives will be transformed. We will become
mature, responsible individuals with a great capacity for joy,
fulfillment, and wonder.
Though we may never be perfect, continued spiritual progress
will reveal to us our enormous potential. We will discover that we
are both worthy of love and loving. We will love others without
losing ourselves, and will learn to accept love in return.
Our sight, once clouded and confused, will clear and we will be
able to perceive reality and recognize truth.
Courage and fellowship will replace fear.
We will be able to risk failure to develop new, hidden talents.
Our lives, no matter how battered and degraded, will yield hope
to share with others.
We will begin to feel and will come to know the vastness of our
emotions, but we will not be slaves to them.
Our secrets will no longer bind us in shame.
As we gain the ability to forgive ourselves, our families, and the
world, our choices will expand.
With dignity we will stand for ourselves, but not against our fellows.
Serenity and peace will have meaning for us as we allow our lives
and the lives of those we love to flow day by day with God?s ease,
balance, and grace.
No longer terrified, we will discover we are free to delight in life?s
paradox, mystery, and awe.
We will laugh more.
Fear will be replaced by faith, and gratitude will come naturally as
we realize that our Higher Power is doing for us what we cannot
do for ourselves."
From 'From Survival to Recovery', page 269,
copyright 1994 by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.;
limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family
Group Headquarters, Inc.