Freedom and independence. That’s what comes to my mind on this July 4th, as I sit here and think about what this program has given to me.
Freedom from the bondage of alcohol. No longer a slave to my endless drinking bouts. Freed from the mental obsession to drink alcohol and the compulsion, which kept driving me back again and again against my will. This is one of the many things I have found in here for which I am eternally grateful.
The independence to pick and choose how I will exercise my will on this path to sobriety. Before I came here, I really had no independence. I was totally dependent on alcohol. Further I was helpless to use my will. Alcohol owned it. In this program I have been given my free will back. I can now make rational decisions on what I will or won’t do. I can turn this will over to the care of my higher power, who, through the 12 Steps has restored me to sanity.
Anyway, as I sit here thinking about July 4th, I find myself compelled to think along the terms of this program, through which I have found true freedom and independence.
This isn’t to take away from our American Heritage and our past history, beginning with the American Revolution. It’s just that I cannot help but think of what a miracle happened in my life, when I found this program. I got sober and I want to stay sober.