Thinking about reality today. What is is what it is. No more no less. The reality for me today is to remain sober today. It’s the reality. The only day I have. Yesterday is gone, as they remind us, and tomorrow is not here. I have no idea of what that is and won’t until it gets here.
My sponsor told me that I was responsible for my staying sober. That’s the reality. My job is to do what is necessary to remain sober today. It’s all I have.
One of the things, which is very real, is that I have a disease called alcoholism. Another is that there is no cure for this disease and I will have it the rest of my life. I know from my experience and that of other alcoholics, that if I drink again I can die as a result. I’ve seen the results of that too many times and definitely don’t want to go there.
Another real thing in my life is that this program works. It has helped me do what I couldn’t do before. It helps me stay sober. These Twelve Steps have worked in my life, as they have in the lives of those who went before me and those around me today. The reality is that they changed my life. Changed my thinking and how I feel about life today. I used to be negative in every way. That has changed into positive. I have become willing to do whatever it takes to stay sober. I have seen the reality of what alcohol did to me and I never want to go there ever again.
I have found peace and serenity in my life, as a result of this program. Like the Ninth Step says, I found a new freedom and a new happiness. All these promises have become a reality in my life today. And to top it all off are a number of realities in the spiritual awakenings, which have occurred in my life. All of these are a result of following the path this program has laid out for me and others like me.
Listening to others today at the meeting, I was reminded of what’s real and what isn’t. I need to come to meetings and be reminded of what is real and what isn’t. Makes me grateful to know this. Ever since I was introduced to the spiritual way of life and my Higher Power what is real for me has changed. It has been reinforced by the hope and faith I have acquired as a result. Just a reminder of another reality. I can’t stay sober by myself. And I don’t want to.