Had a long talk with an alcoholic, who has been one of those, who has spent a lot of time being active in the program for this area. He has been doing this for a lot of years, yet has had to pull back because of being forced to retire for health reasons.
He helped me today, because he wanted to share his life and his tough times at times. I could definitely identify with these thoughts. And he identified with mine. Interesting. Two alcoholics, who want to grow along spiritual lines and stay sober a day at a time.
One of the things, which has come from these moments of sharing we’ve had lately, is that we find that we’re growing, despite not always being aware of that. However sharing is what makes us aware. Despite there’s things, which may not seem similar, the truth is that we totally are. That’s what we discover over time and letting oneself be open to another alcoholic.
Anyway we both ended our long conversation in total gratitude. The truth is that all of this is amazing to both of us. And yet it could be two other people like ourselves doing the same thing, who would end up with the same results. I remember that, when I look back to my past early on in this program. My old sponsor and I were from two different eras and areas, yet along the way we found ourselves so similar. Made me grateful, because we drank the same way and ended up here, growing along spiritual lines through these Steps and the help we received in here.
The truth is that at the end of the conversation we were both aware that we were practicing this program the same way. Both of us had to admit we were here to stay sober a day at a time. We had to have the humility to admit we had a lot of similarities and needed to continue to grow along spiritual lines. And to have the honesty to admit to ourselves that we had to do what we learned in here from our old sponsors and others. I know we both were very grateful and wanted to say thanks.