BEING REAL IN THE HERE AND ... -
"Now we must ask ourselves, just what is 'the message' we are trying to carry? Is it that we never have to use drugs again?" "First and foremost, we share our experience, strength,and hope." "[W]e can help best not by managing that person's life, but by sharing our own experience in those areas." (It Works, How & Why, p. 86)
THE "CENTRAL FACTOR" THAT TURNS FEAR INTO HISTORY -
" For most of us,
the central factor in
this spiritual awakening
has been our decision to
trust a Higher Power with
every aspect of our lives."
"Now we know we don't
have to fear anything
that comes to us."
(OA 12 & 12,
ο»Ώp. 99)
"Life is now.
There was never
a time when your life
was not now, nor
will there ever
be."
Eckhart "Ulrich" Tolle (1948 - ) spiritual teacher & author of The Power of Now
*HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself. Like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.