Step by Step
Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024
” …(O)ur problems were of our own making. Bottles were only a symbol. Besides, we have stopped fighting anybody or anything. We have to!” — Alcoholics Anonymous, 3rd Edition, 1976, Ch 7 (“Working With Others”), p 103.
Today, the fights have been many, the injuries deep and some scars permanent. Lies have been bountiful, hurt to myself and others indelible, and the fun ceased long ago if it ever was fun at all. Enough is enough. To continue as is, is a spiral downward into a pit from which there may be no escape; to change course now, hope prevails. Today is the day I begin to answer what exists in my emotional and spiritual psyche that is fueled by alcoholic drinking and thinking, and I have grown tired of “fighting anybody or anything.” My hope cannot be in my own will power; it is as mythical as the magical unicorn. Hope now falls on AA and my commitment to honestly and diligently working its Steps and Principles. There, I have no reason to fight anyone and anything — other than my own resistance to surrender completely. Today, enough is enough; I surrender. And our common journey continues. Step by step. — Chris M., 2024
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