Losing Self-will
“Our egos, once so large and dominant, now take a back seat because we are in harmony with a loving God.
We find that we lead richer, happier, and much fuller lives when we lose self-will.”
Basic Text, p. 101
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Addiction and self-will go hand in hand. The unmanageability that we admitted to in Step One was as much a product of our self-will as it was of our chronic drug abuse. And today, living on self-will can make our lives
just as unmanageable as they were when we were using. When our ideas, our desires, our demands take first
place in our lives, we find ourselves in constant conflict with everyone and everything around us.
Self-will reflects our reliance on ego. The only thing that will free us from self-will and the conflict it generates in our lives is to break our reliance on ego, coming to rely instead on the guidance and power offered us by a loving
God.
We are taught to consult spiritual principles, not our selfish desires, in making our decisions. We are taught
to seek guidance from a Higher Power, one with a larger vision of things than our own. In doing this, we find
our lives meshing more and more easily with the order of things around us. No longer do we exclude ourselves
from the flow of life; we become a part of it, and discover the fullness of what recovery has to offer.
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Just for today: I seek freedom from ego and the conflicts generated by self-will. I will try to improve my
conscious contact with the God of my understanding, seeking the guidance and power I need to live in
harmony with my world.
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From the book Just for Today
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