Attended a convention up here this weekend and was reminded of something, which is most important to this alcoholic.
Listening to those who were there, it became clear that there is a message for me. How fortunate I am to be part of this program and what it has done for me.
I am sober by the grace of my higher power. That this program and its members have changed my life for the better. That what the BB says and directs me to follow is the right road in my life. That I have been restored to sanity and it’s the best thing that has ever happened in my life.
One of the things, which is apparent to me, is that the pain I had to go through to get here was what I needed and led to my first spiritual awakening. Also those moments of pain, which come into my life from from time to time are exactly what Bill W. said they were in the 12&12; touchstones of spiritual growth. Continuing spiritual awakenings.
When I consider how many alcoholics there are in this country, who are not members of this program and who are continuing to practice, I have to think how fortunate I and others like me are. I think I heard that there are some twenty millions, who are just like I was. And that there are only a million and a half of us in this program. And I wonder how I found this program and others didn’t.
Then I read in the BB that rarely have we seen a person fail, who has thoroughly followed our path. The road myself and others are on. It always reminds me of the words of the poet Robert Frost in his poem, The Road Not Taken. The poem ends with these words:
“Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I took the one less traveled by,
and that has made all the difference.”
It is we, who have followed this path, who are sober today. The road obviously less traveled and it has made all the difference.