As active alcoholics, we lost our ability to choose whether we would drink. We were the victims of a compulsion which seemed to decree that we must go on with our own destruction.
Today I am grateful...
- that I can check my motives
- that I can be reminded of what I have by others that are struggling
- that my Higher Power has this unique ability to provide for me exactly what I need
- that I don't know how I do it sometimes, but I just keep trusting the process
- that I am trying not to be nervous about going to the dentist today
Yet we finally did make choices that brought about our recovery. We came to believe that alone we were powerless over alcohol. This was surely a choice, and a most difficult one. We came to believe that a Higher Power could restore us to sanity when we became willing to practice A.A.'s Twelve Steps.
In short, we chose to 'become willing,' and no better choice did we ever make.
~today's quote is from As Bill Sees It, pg. 4
6 comments:
"that I can be reminded of what I have by others that are struggling..." It is SUCH A GIFT!
"that I don't know how I do it sometimes, but I just keep trusting the process"....ain't it the truth mister???
Motives? A true toughie for me. I sometimes feel as though I'm peeling layer from layer trying to get to the heart of what drives me. Reductio ad absurdum.
oooh I love this that I don't know how I do it sometimes, but I just keep trusting the process
Oh that compulsion to drink was so destructive. Thank goodness we have a solution today.
the miracle part is that often I don't even know I'm "doing it" (changing, growing, making good choices) until I look back and go whoa!.....look where I am! Thank you God!
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