Grey Book Reflection
We forget we are given only a daily reprieve. We must ask for help each morning and remember to thank God at night.
Gray Book, p. 144 (Chapter Nine, Lines 25-26)
Our Gray Book reminds us that as our Lives become more comfortable many of us lapse into Spiritual Complacency. This Spiritual relapse can result in a mental and physical relapse if we're not Vigilant. Lack of maintenance of this Daily Reprieve can result in feelings of uselessness and lack purpose. Many of us forget where our True Strength lies.
We break our own Anonymity by taking credit for our Recovery. Some of us find ourselves in trouble coping with everyday life.
We must continue to do the things we've been doing and not let up on our Spiritual Program. We begin by asking God for Help, we call our Sponsors and let them know where we're at. We Practice our Gratitude by Practicing Spiritual Principles.
Some of us Practice having a Constant Conscious Contact, with the God of Our Own Understanding. We ask for Guidance in the Morning, check in throughout our day and Thank God at night for our Life and our Recovery. Since God's Will ends where our's begin we're careful in monitoring our attitudes and behaviors. We should ask for God's Help even if we think we don't need it.
Our Gray Book talks about not measuring the ways God Helps us or not. All the Thanks goes to our God.
We will not leave the Basics, so the Basics wont leave us. We will give Thanks where is due. 186