Yesterday I spent time with some old timers talking about anger, resentments, projections, the 9th Step, and the spiritual awakening. Young people, later on.
There were a lot of laughs in talking to some of them. Mostly about our misguided lives. But there were moments of serious talk, especially, when we talked about our rescue from drinking and then the spiritual awakening.
Then, last night at another meeting, we talked about being in drinking situations. Particularly as it related to today’s festivities. That’s when I had an opportunity to talk to a young man, who seemed uneasy about this holiday. I don’t know if I was of any help, but I passed on to him, some of what my sponsor and another old timer had told me.
One of those thoughts was about where he was going and would he be willing to send his thoughts ahead to that place. The one old timer told me that if I would send my thoughts to a particular situation and if I found myself uncomfortable, not to go there. Made sense at the time and on a couple of occasions, I avoided those events.
But all in all, it was a day of emphasis on sobriety. My primary purpose. What was I willing to do. Talking and thinking about a power greater than myself and stepping aside and letting my God do for me what I can’t do for myself. The first three Steps.
Anyway, in the spirit of this day, we talked about our gratitude to God and the program and the people in it.
That’s what I was thinking about this morning.