September 3

September 3 – AM          Page 155-156, A Vision For You, Chapter 11

Being intrigued, however, he invited our friend to his home.  Some time later, and just as he thought he was getting control of his liquor situation, he went on a roaring bender.  For him, this was the spree that ended all sprees.  He saw that he would have to face his problems squarely that God might give him mastery.
One morning he took the bull by the horns and set out to tell those he feared what his trouble had been.  He found himself surprisingly well received, and learned that many knew of his drinking.  Stepping into his car, he made the rounds of people he had hurt.  He trembled as he went about, for this might mean ruin, particularly to a person in his line of business.
At midnight he came home exhausted, but very happy.  He has not had a drink since. As we shall see, he now means a great deal to his community, and the major liabilities of thirty years of hard drinking have been repaired in four.

September 3 – PM          Page 127, The Family Afterward, Chapter 9

The head of the house ought to remember that he is mainly to blame for what befell his home.  He can scarcely square the account in his lifetime.  But he must see the danger of over-concentration on financial success.  Although financial recovery is on the way for many of us, we found we could not place money first.  For us, material well-being always followed spiritual progress; it never preceded.
Since the home has suffered more than anything else, it is well that a man exert himself there.  He is not likely to get far in any direction if he fails to show unselfishness and love under his own roof.  We know there are difficult wives and families, but the man who is getting over alcoholism must remember he did much to make them so.