This past week, in reading a story from the BB, I ran across one person’s account of their sobriety. But, one thing in it, which caught my eye was what they said about their gratitude. They said that at one time they were grateful to God for finding AA for them. Now they thought they should be grateful for AA helping them to find God.
That thought has been running through my mind for a couple of days.
God helped me find AA and AA helped me find God. In essence, the spiritual life. God could and would if he was sought.
I owe everything about my life to God and I owe everything I have to AA. AA provided me with what I was looking for; sobriety. But AA also provided me with what I wasn’t looking for; the spiritual life. As much as I’m grateful for what this life in the spirit has given me, it was totally unexpected.
The spiritual life, which is the result of these 12 Steps, is what really gave me my sobriety. And it’s what insures my sobriety on a daily basis. After all, we’re told that we have a daily reprieve dependent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. Something I have to be aware of everyday, if I want to maintain this way of life. A sober life.
What I thought of is that how much I have to be grateful for today. That person was right. It was just nice to be able to be able to think that way. Where would I be without this way of life?