A long time ago I learned that meeting makers make it. That I could not stay sober by myself. So, like so many alcoholics like myself, I go to meetings on a regular basis. I’ve seen too many of the consequences of not going to meetings regularly. I never want to go there. I came here to get sober, because I never want to drink again.
That was part of the meeting today. I heard a lot of good things shared today about going to meetings. The positive and the negative.
The other subject is one of my favorites. The Second Step. What an eye opener that Step was in my life. Now that I look back I can’t help but be grateful. But, when I first saw this Step, I pulled back. I told myself I’m not going there. I came here to get sober and not to become a saint. Yet my sponsor in all his wisdom knew that this was a Step we all needed to go through. He could see through my resistance.
It was in this Step that I discovered I had a choice. I could either come to believe in a Power greater than myself, or I could face the consequences of backing off. And those were another drink and an alcoholic death. That stopped me and made me sit down and take another look at this Step. And guess what? Once I surrendered to this Step I discovered more hope. And that led eventually to the “restoration” to sanity and more faith in my Higher Power. The result of taking this Step.
To me the Second Step is the second door I stepped through. The first was the First, which opened the door to this program. The Second was the door that opened me up to a spiritual way of life. I’ve never regretted stepping through that door. It changed me. Just what I needed.
Anyway, the change I went through was the foundation of my sobriety. And that’s reinforced daily by my attendance at these meetings. Great messages and they made me grateful to be here.
It’s all about sobriety.