A new person to the program and sobriety was being addressed at the meeting today. A lot of good things were being offered by those sober people in attendance today. Brought a lot of things to my mind as I sat and listened. Very hopeful I thought.
Then, when I got home and sat down to think about all of this, I picked up something which made me really stop and think. It was amazing. A slip of paper from a fortune cookie. It said, Where you treasure is, there is your heart. Amazing.
To me that’s my sobriety and this program. Just thinking about what was going on at the meeting today, the Fifth Tradition, brings that home to me. Listening to others like myself, who have succeeded in getting and staying sober, focused my mind and my heart.
Of course I couldn’t help but think about the compassion, which was present, for the new individual. I could see and witness how this was being practiced by those present in the meeting today. Freely giving this person what was so freely given to everyone in the room. And them doing what we learn is so necessary for alcoholics like ourselves.
All this makes me grateful that I learned early on that I cannot stay sober by myself, which has continually guided me into these rooms. That’s because I need to be able to listen to others like myself, who need to be reminded like I do what it is which keeps someone like me sober a day at a time.
This thought about what I treasure and where my heart is, brings to mind what I have received in here over time, as a result of trying to put this program into action. And that makes me think about my being restored to sanity and having a spiritual awakening. The promises, a new freedom and a new happiness, plus everything else I have received as a result of being able to stay sober.
Of course one of the essential elements in my sobriety is my being able to learn and practice a spiritual way of life. Just the fact of having been introduced to the Second Step by my old sponsor makes me eternally grateful. Talk about having my heart focused on this treasure makes me very grateful. How much I owe my Higher Power. And of course my old sponsor, the old timers, my dear friends, and all those in here, who have helped me along the way.