October
A Mighty Beginning, p. 298
Even the newest of newcomers find undreamed rewards as he tries to help his brother alcoholic, the one who is even blinder than he. This is indeed the kind of giving that actually demands nothing. He does not expect his brother sufferer to pay him, or even to love him.
And then he discovers that through the divine paradox of this kind of giving he has found his own reward, whether or not his brother has yet received anything. His own character may still be gravely defective, but he somehow knows that God has enabled him to make a mighty beginning, and he senses that he stands at the edge of new mysteries, joys, and experiences of which he had never before dreamed.
12 & 12, pp. 109-110
I like to say that I came into a long term treatment with no intention of being helped or helping others and that was july16 2019 and today my God I have done completely the opposite of what I intended
ReplyDeleteI am an Adult Peer Support Specialist and a floor tech at a womens recovery home
Helping others is all I think about today. Ty