Amazing what another alcoholic can do for someone like me. For instance the other day a friend of mine and I were talking about problems and he said something I should have thought of but didn’t. That statement I had learned a long time ago, but like so many other things I can often forget. It was Let go and Let God.
How often I try solving things on my own, when I have no idea what I should do. Just ego centered. The bondage of self. Driving the bus once again, when I should get out of the driver’s seat and move to the back of the bus. That’s when I need to leave the driving to my Higher Power. The Third Step.
I say that Third Step prayer every day. Relieve me of the bondage of self. I say that and then must take it back the minute I say it. Why else would I think that I know what I’m doing, when I don’t? Maybe I’m being too hard on me when I say this. That’s not always true. Often I do ask for the help I need from the God of my understanding. But sometimes I can get too hard headed, when I want to go ahead and do things my way.
Anyway I needed to express my gratitude to my friend for reminding me of what I should have been able to come up with on my own…but didn’t. Like I said, it’s always amazing what friends, people just like myself, can come up with and help me out of the ditch I was digging for myself.
All this is the result of all of us helping one another to stay sober a day at a time. I’m always grateful for the help I get, because I never ever want to drink alcohol again. Being reminded to rely on my Higher Power once again is just what I need each and every day. I thanked my friend for what he did and need to thank my Higher Power for being there for me.