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Are you having trouble with personal relationships? Can’t control your emotional nature? Are you prey to misery and depression? Can’t make a consistent living? Full of fear? Are you unhappy? Can’t seem to be of real help to other people?

If you answered “yes” to any of these, you are feeling what the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous calls, on page 52, “The Bedevilments.” Like our symptoms of drinking and drugging, these are common among us. These are the symptoms of what A.A. calls “The Spiritual Malady.” Some of us have felt these things our entire lives, like we were born this way. Others may have acquired them throughout the years and developed these symptoms as they abused substances that contributed to their spiritual sickness. No matter how or when you felt the impact of our dis-ease, if you choose to ignore these symptoms, the pain and effects of these “bedevilments” will take their toll. It is suggested that the only solution to our spiritual malady is the remedy of a spiritual awakening or spiritual experience.

Reflections

Have you tried taking the full dose of the 12 Steps?

Daily Challenge

If you are still experiencing the effects of the bedevilments, what more do you need to do?