Just for Today
Saturday, June 9, 2012
"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable." - Step One
Just for today, Steps 2 through 12 become mountains if the One Step that requires total unconditional surrender and humility - the First One - isn't taken so thoroughly that it later becomes indelible as not to need conscious awareness. We cannot have any prayer of quality recovery if we do not or will not accept the simple fact that our use of alcohol makes everything in our lives unmanageable. And if my ego is such that I cannot accept that I have no control over something, like alcohol, maybe I can adopt a different perspective until I can check my egos in subsequent Steps: instead of thinking that alcohol controls me, I will control alcohol by NOT allowing it to control me. And the strongest weapon is abstinence. Today, if I find myself struggling with any of the Steps, Two through 12, perhaps I need to ask if I've even left the starting block that is Step One. And our common journey continues. Just for today. - Chris M., 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable." - Step One
Just for today, Steps 2 through 12 become mountains if the One Step that requires total unconditional surrender and humility - the First One - isn't taken so thoroughly that it later becomes indelible as not to need conscious awareness. We cannot have any prayer of quality recovery if we do not or will not accept the simple fact that our use of alcohol makes everything in our lives unmanageable. And if my ego is such that I cannot accept that I have no control over something, like alcohol, maybe I can adopt a different perspective until I can check my egos in subsequent Steps: instead of thinking that alcohol controls me, I will control alcohol by NOT allowing it to control me. And the strongest weapon is abstinence. Today, if I find myself struggling with any of the Steps, Two through 12, perhaps I need to ask if I've even left the starting block that is Step One. And our common journey continues. Just for today. - Chris M., 2012
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