One of the things I really love about this program is simplicity. What I think about is what this is all about. The primary purpose. To stay sober from alcohol. It’s the unity of purpose. I was given this when I came here and always have the opportunity to give it to someone else. That’s what our founders always wanted. To be able to help any sufferer of the disease of alcoholism who desperately wants it.
All my life before I came into this program I complicated everything thinking I was in control. Part of that was my immaturity for one thing. The other was my over sized ego. Self centered. Full of pride. And full of alcohol. And that’s what was in control.
What I had to think about today was how successful this program has been for people like me, who were held in the bondage of alcohol. How chronic alcoholics like myself have been able to get free from alcohol and stay sober. Again the simplicity of this program. And for me what it that? It’s what is in here in this program, the Steps which lead us into a spiritual way of life. As Dr. Carl Jung said to the chronic alcoholic in the third chapter of the BB. The only solution was a spiritual experience. And in a way it is exactly what these Steps in here lead us to. A spiritual awakening. The spiritual restoration to sanity.
What that all means is up to each individual in this program. That’s what these founders wanted. They desired that every suffering alcohol deserved an opportunity to get free from alcohol and live a sober life. So whatever each and everyone believed or didn’t was their choice. None of us are here to teach anyone anything. Like the BB says, whatever makes sense to them. All any of us have to do is to keep it simple. To follow the path laid out for us, the Twelve Steps and the heart and soul of this fellowship. I only have to look back at how many like myself have benefited from this program. Just to remain faithful to the program’s primary purpose to stop drinking alcohol and get sober and stay sober a day at a time.
Why I stopped and thought about this today was encouraged by the people I know in here and talk to each and everyday. I’ve seen how this program has provided each and everyone of us the freedom from alcohol and a sober way of life. For me it’s a miracle. I mean I look back and think how easily I could have died from this disease, and yet here I am after all this time in here. Like they always say to us, it’s beyond our wildest dream. Mine I know.
Once again I have to stop and acquire at least a little humility and be willing to do what is being asked of me. To stop drinking, get sober, and carry the message of how this program works to the next suffering alcoholic, who is desperate enough to ask for help. All this I learned in here from my old sponsor and those old timers I knew back then. And also every person I have met in here. I am truly thankful to my Higher Power and everyone else who has helped me.