Step by Step
Thursday, June 20, 2024
“It was only a matter of being willing to believe in a Power greater than myself. Nothing more was required of me to make my beginning. I saw that growth could start from that point. Upon a foundation of complete willingness I might build what I saw …” — Alcoholics Anonymous, 3rd Edition, 1976, Ch 1 (“Bill’s Story”), p 12.
Today, a leap of blind faith searching for a power greater than myself, if I am still struggling with the concept of a Higher Power. Just as I was warned repeatedly in my drinking days that my spouse or partner would leave me, that I would be fired if I showed up at work drunk again if I even showed up at all, or my next DUI would be elevated to a felony, AA’s co-founders and early members warn that I absolutely must come to believe in something stronger and greater than myself if I have a prayer for sobriety and recovery. In my drinking days, I didn’t heed the warnings, and the outcome that was promised because I didn’t stop drinking became reality. Today, I yield to the warnings of the voices of experience and become at least willing to believe. And our common journey continues. Step by step. — Chris M., 2024
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