July
“Could I be an alcoholic without some of the hair-raising experiences I had heard of in meetings? The answer came to me very simply in the first step of the Twelve Steps of AA. ‘We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.’ This didn’t say we had to be in jail, 10, 50 or 100 times. It didn’t say I had to lose one, five or 10 jobs. It didn’t say I had to lose my family. It didn’t say I had to finally live on skid row and drink bay rum, canned heat or lemon extract. It did say, ‘admitted I was powerless over alcohol; that my life had become unmanageable.'”
~ Alcoholics Anonymous, 3rd Edition, 1976, Part II (“They Stopped in Time”), Ch. 10 (“It Might Have Been Worse”), p 379.
Today, no excuses, no justifications, no rationalizations, no comparisons, no “I didn’t get that bad,” no fear, no shame, no anguish – only sheer guts and courage: “I am powerless.” Enough is enough. No more rejecting the idea of a Higher Power. I have seen and lived in the darkest of places; if something so bad could take me there, maybe something better can lead me on blind faith to a place of light. Today, I dis-empower that over which I am powerless by saying, “No more!” Today, no more. And our common journey continues.
Today, no excuses, no justifications, no rationalizations, no comparisons, no “I didn’t get that bad,” no fear, no shame, no anguish – only sheer guts and courage: “I am powerless.” Enough is enough. No more rejecting the idea of a Higher Power. I have seen and lived in the darkest of places; if something so bad could take me there, maybe something better can lead me on blind faith to a place of light. Today, I dis-empower that over which I am powerless by saying, “No more!” Today, no more. And our common journey continues.
Step by step. – Chris M.
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