April 8 - Time after time, we learn in
Gamblers Anonymous, newcomers try to keep to themselves "shoddy facts"
about their lives. Trying to avoid the humbling experience of the Fifth
Step, they turn to a seemingly easier and softer way. Almost invariable,
they slip. Having persevered with the rest of the Program, they then
wonder why they fell. The probable reason is that they never completed
their housecleaning. They took inventory all right, but hung on to some
of the worst items in stock.
Have I admitted to myself and to another human being the exact nature of my wrongs?
Today
I Pray: That I may include all of the sleaziness of my past, my
cruelties and my dishonesties, in a complete moral and financial
inventory of myself. May I hold back nothing out of shame or pride, for
the "exact nature" of my wrongs means just that--a thorough and exact
recounting of past mistakes and character flaws. We have been provided
with an appropriate "dumping ground." May I use it as it was intended.
May all my throw-aways, the trash and outgrown costumes of the past, be
foundation "fill" on which to build a new life.
Today I Will Remember: Trash can be a foundation for treasures.
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