I was reminded today by a whole bunch of people of what’s important. We were talking about the Second Step. Doesn’t matter what people said about that step or whether I liked what they said. The important thing was that we were talking about alcohol and alcoholism.
I was once again prodded and urged to think about how important this step is to me and to all of us. Each person in the group was expressing their view of this step and how it helped them to get sober and stay sober. As each one spoke it brought to mind how important my primary purpose is to me. It made the solution so much clearer to me.
This is what I needed so desperately, when I came to the program. A solution. An answer to what was missing in my life and why I couldn’t stop drinking until I found this step presented to me. I had no idea. Alcohol had me in it’s deadly grip until I was given the idea that a power greater than myself could remove from me what had power over me.
Once I was able to grasp this concept, the war was over. I could surrender to this Higher Power and let it do for me what I couldn’t do for myself. Finally I had something in my life, which could empower me to live my life without the use of alcohol. It literally saved my life and put me on a path leading to sobriety and all the gifts which were there for all of us. True freedom and a happiness I never experienced in my lifetime before.
I was thinking about this and feeling grateful for this experience and for the people in the rooms, who so graciously inspire me to do this day better.