Just typed this up for a friend, and since I had it transcribed, thought I would share it here as well... has worked well so far for me, too.
"'If you have resentment you want to be free of, if you will pray for the person or thing that you resent, you will be free. If you will ask in prayer for everything you want for yourself to be given to them, you will be free. Ask for their health, their prosperity, their happiness, and you will be free. Even when you don't really want it for them and your prayers are only words and you don't mean it, go ahead and do it anyway. Do it everyday for two weeks, and you will find you have come to mean it and to want it for them, and you will realize that where you used to feel bitterness and resentment and hatred, you now feel compassionate, understanding and love.'
It worked for me then, and it has worked for me many times since, and it will work for me every time I am willing to work it. Sometimes I have to ask first for the willingness, but it always comes. And because it works for me, it will work for all of us. As another great man says, 'The only real freedom a human being can ever know is doing what you ought to do because you want to do it.'"
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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The Next Right Thing... I am the victim of a mob attack and in my first Thirty Days... The rage and hate is in me... And so is the very Hope of page 552. Thx... Rob
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What a crock. AA does not work. It only has a five percent success rate. The same as quitting on yor own.
AA sticks with you for life whether you continue to drink or not. AA & the Fellowship saved my life. It is not a crock. I am just a tiny seed of AA but I am blossoming into a better person because of the Program of AA. I am one less person who will be causing havic on your streets or being taken care of by your tax $$. I don't know if your 5% satistics are correct or not, but out of millions of people that is a lot of people who are greatful for anything that Works. Maybe you should join some kind of Programs that works for you so you won't be so bitter towards something that can help change lifes for the better.
AA sticks with you for life whether you continue to drink or not. AA & the Fellowship saved my life. It is not a crock. I am just a tiny seed of AA but I am blossoming into a better person because of the Program of AA. I am one less person who will be causing havic on your streets or being taken care of by your tax $$. I don't know if your 5% satistics are correct or not, but out of millions of people that is a lot of people who are greatful for anything that Works. Maybe you should join some kind of Programs that works for you so you won't be so bitter towards something that can help change lifes for the better.
I have lost 4 very close loved ones to suicide because of their drug & alcohol use. Maybe if they would.have tried A.A. their lives wouldn't have ended so tragic. Anonymouse Crock maybe yoou should attened an A.A. Convention some time & see how A.A. changed thousands of lives. Try reading page 552-553 for two weeks for your rensentments towards others & A.A. and maybe it will help with your attitude towards something that can & will help others.
To those that say AA doesn't work, I'd ask "Did you work AA?" Did you study the basic text? Did you work all 12 steps? Did you use a Sponsor? Were you Honest?
lol, yeah but for us 5% it's Awesome! If you don't like it, try another method.
Curbing resentment is one of the biigest challenges I think, not just for alcoholics but everyone. Of course with us Alcoholics, it turns into these ruthless snatching narcissists and next thing we know we're hurting those we love. This method has worked for me from experience, but let's face it - if somebody else DID get what I wanted in life, especially after I prayed for it, I'd have a new resentment all over again!
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Thanks for posting this.. I recently heard someone refer to this page in the Big Book & hope that I can learn to apply it everyday in my life. Not until coming into the program did I realize how angry & resentful I really was/ am if I don't active work on it.
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I don't really worry about if AA works or not. I personally find that when I have worked the steps I feel better and when I don't work them things build up. That even applies to the years when I left AA and was drinking and substituted people places and things for alcohol in step 1. I used to drive my old sponsor nuts by writing up an inventory when I couldn't let go of something and read it to him in the bar he owned over a glass of red wine. Right now I am not drinking and using the steps and find things improving but needed to read this because I was developing resentments with other strong personalities at meetings and at home. Thank you for posting this.
To those people who say AA doesn't work or doesn't work because....! are the one's refusing to admit the truth or existence of the truth.
The plain fact is this if ONE person has stayed sober and followed the steps then it works!
Sober since Nov 15th 1988 (one day at a time)
May I remind all who read here:
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Chapter 5
HOW IT WORKS
Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of be ing honest with themselves. There are such unfortu
nates. They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way. They are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty. Their chances are less than average. There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if
they have the capacity to be honest.
All this poses a very simple question: Are you honest yet?
Sober since Nov 15th 1988 (one day at a time)+
The five percent rationale is a typical cognitive behavioral argument against something that they can't and don't want to understand. I submit that anyone that honestly seeks God is 100% "recovered" and has hope for the future regardless of how successful they are at not using alcohol ever again in their life.
AA is not just a meeting.. or the steps on the wall.. or the book that you read.. or finding a higher power. AA is all of these things combined and sponsorship. And an honest admittance to defeat and powerlessness. Rhe reason it works for so few is because very few are willing to do what it takes and CONTINUE to do what it takes. Honesty. Openmindedness. Willingness. I have a greater life then I deserve today thanks to AA. It only works if you work it. ALL OF IT. thank god for AA.
I tried everything on my own power and came up with....Nothing! ...Prayer changed everything....unless you enjoy swimming and suffering in your mess....God will let you until you ask for his help....
I love when people say AA don't work ...it doesn't you have to take some steps in order for it to work in your life
AA saved my life...no doubt!
AA saved my life too, and I am very thankful for that! Before AA resentment and fear ran my life and I didn't even know it. AA taught me to 'name' my resentments and fears and to own these emotions as things I could overcome and unpack. Ultimately, it's about being conscious of these otherwise potentially sub-conscious processes and doing something positive about them. When I think of the thousands of alcoholics I have met who are sober and living happy and healthy lives I am indeed thankful that AA exists!
AA has a 100% success rate for people who actually do the work. Out of all the people that want to get sober, about 99% of them dont want to do the work, so they fail. for the 1% that do take action and do the work, they are still sober, so long as they continue to do the work one day at a time.
AA, the big book, the 12 steps, family, friends, structure in the program, & number 1 God has kept me sober for over 4 years. It's unfortunate for those who have taken half measures, but I would be willing to put my hand out to them when they return. It's the morning after Christmas & just so happened to type into Google to find this write up. I am grateful to all who have reached out to me freely when I was/am in need. I no longer act on fear & emotion but instead am able to recognize them for what they are. I can stand in any room and have no fear of judgement. Keep coming back, it truly works if you work it.
I am going to try this for one person that I have a resentment for and believe it will work. However, the other is against someone in AA in a situation which lead to rape and abuse. Am not sure that this prayer will work in that case. I believe that forgiveness comes after something is said and power is regained. then forgiviness comes
I agree. I've disliked some people in our program & have had to pray for them to battle a resentment from taking root! Not good for us--and can threaten our sobriety & serenity😳!!!
You can forgive a person and put the matter in God's hands to take care of & not be reconciled with person!!! Some people are toxic & dangerous to be around, I've found---
Loser! AA doesn't "work" you work AA. Negative people like you could divert a newcomer from recovering. Do me a favor pal, unless you've given a few years like say 10-20 of your life. What do you know & where you getting these ridiculous stats?
Fly a kite loser!
Loser! AA doesn't "work" you work AA. Negative people like you could divert a newcomer from recovering. Do me a favor pal, unless you've given a few years like say 10-20 of your life. What do you know & where you getting these ridiculous stats?
Fly a kite loser!
AA is not passive, like taking a pill. Its more like lifting weights. The more of your self you put into it, the more your able to work through the pain, the stronger and fitter (is this a word?) you will get.
It only works if you work it.
Also, I dont care about statistics because its not about me. I am not a statistic, and no one is goinig to tell me how my life is going to work out.
I know from my experience and my opinion that the 12 steps saved my life, if you don't get a sponsor to take you through the steps ya you'll fail. But like your addiction, it didn't happen over night. Most addicts and alcoholics have caused a lot of reckage. So you have to repair yourself spiritually, you have to clean your side of the street. Connect with the fellowship, once you have time give back. That's what the 12th step is to keep this thing flowing. If you can do that and take suggestions from someone you trust to walk you through this journey, your success rate will be 100%. To say AA doesn't work, is something someone says that wasn't willing to do what is suggested. Like I said, get a sponsor and work your steps honestly and thoroughly and you will succeed. God bless you my friend
You know what even with 31 continuous years of working the steps in every aspect of my life (ones which by the way) gave me back a life, it never ceases to amaze me that the simplicity of this simple instruction works so well, providing of course that I follow the suggested instruction. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience, strength and hope. May the force be with you
all the various positive comments above, are true. I hope the negative people find their way to those truths!
said this former fully negative person
Whatever u put into it is what u get out of it odat
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I don't agree with the 5% success rate posted above, maybe that comes from the people that walked through or were send through the doors to a meeting. You cannot measure honesty, you cannot measure willingness. AA works every time for someone that truly want to get sober and is willing to go to any length to get sober. "Rarely have we seen a person fail that has thoroughly followed our path".
What you mean it doesn't work AA and its program support and network got me sober let's just leave it at that...
With all the respect AA is not for everyone theres a simple saying works if you work it ..but I respect your opinion you are in title to it...
I am having to read this page for someone who have a resentment towards right now please pray for me Angie Beavers
I am having to read this page for someone who have a resentment towards right now please pray for me Angie Beavers
Nah son
I'm greatly impressed by the acknowledgment of this resentment that I often hold on anything or anyone and how the effects of the feeling which I put on myself by not being able to let go and let God handle the situation.
Amen!! I love aa and this pasaage has brought me closer to my mom!!I live life on lifes terms..Life will happen but I use the tools and help another!
I am praying for a woman who has continued to be intrusive, disrespectful and harassing.
I feel compassion for her. I wonder why is she so extremely miserable that she seeks to impose negativity onto others.
I pray God bless her to move on and I ask My Almighty God to Save Me. Amen.
I am feeling completely drained. A close friend will act as if he understands but instead only applies more pressure. My mother does the same...more and more pressure as if All I already do to help is Never Enough. I sit here looking out my window wanting to end my life. So tired of it all. But I think of how much I love my three beautiful grown children. I do not want to hurt them. So I just try to deal with another day of misery and trying to please two people who everything is Always All about them...my what is suppose to be my "friend" and my mother.
When pleasing them is Killing Me.They are so self absorbed they dont see anything else other than what they want.
Are you doing alright? I hope you have found peace within your mind,heart and soul.
It's 1:11
Angels Be With Me.🙏🕊❤
Thank you for doing this!!
I care!
I care too. Take care of yourself. Beulah M.
Finally found out my ma is a narcissist and a gaslighter who stone walls me 24/7. Am beginning my journey w/AA. Have nearly 100 days clean n sober. I started utilizing this resentment prayer. I believe it will work because God has my back. Thank you!
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