'Acceptance is the answer to all

“three-letter word God” in the AA Big Book with the interpretations of that word commonly offered by traditional religions. “We have no monopoly on God; we merely have an approach that worked with us.” (pg. 95) The Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous is “a company of equals”. There is no second requirement for membership.

my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation - some fact of my life - unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God's world by mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes.....
'Perhaps the best thing of all for me is to remember that my serenity is inversely proportional to my expectations. The higher my expectations of people are, the lower is my serenity. I can watch my serenity level rise when I discard my expectations. But then my 'rights' try to move in, and they too can force my serenity level down. I have to discard my 'rights,' as well as my expectations, by asking myself, How important is it, really? How important is it compared to my serenity, my emotinal sobriety? And when I place more value on my serenity and sobriety than on anything else, I can maintain them at a higher level - at least for the time being.
'Acceptance is the key to my relationship with God today. I never just sit and do nothing while waiting for Him to tell me what to do. Rather, I do whatever is in front of me to be done, and I leave the results up to Him; however it turns out, that's God's will for me.

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off my expectations, for my serenity is directly proportional to my level of acceptance. When I remember this, I can see I've never had it so good (1).
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(1) A.A, Acceptance Was The Answer, pp. 417-420
Just a good story, figured I would share part of it.

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