We were talking about bringing the program into meetings and not personal problems, also about the Second Step. Both made a lot of sense to me. And that brought up another thought; getting out of my own way.
How often in this program I was so often told by my old sponsor and those old timers that I needed to get out of my own way. Part of that ego deflation in depth, which those old sober alcoholics put me under.
Today we had to help someone else and that definitely brought this getting out of my own way into practice. Reaching out and caring for others is definitely why we are here. Primarily for each of us to stay sober a day at a time. And then to get out of our own way and do for others, whatever it is we can do to help them. Never want to forget this.
I look back and can see how definitely that, when my sponsor did do for me what I desperately needed, the introduction to that Second Step, it changed my life. For me to learn that I needed to begin to live a spiritual way of life, it was that which made begin to open the door to the rest of this program. And it was that which began to turn my life around and focus on why I am here.
One of those things today was to look at that Ninth Step. And that was what introduced me to the restoration to sanity in the Second Step. I had stopped fighting everyone and everything, including alcohol. Plus the spiritual awakening became clear to me. And this helped me to step aside from myself and help others.
I am always grateful, when I’m given the examples I always need in here. When others are able to show me how they have changed as a result of getting sober and working this program. It’s how I receive the incentives I need to remind me to step out of my own way. The result is that I continue to grow along spiritual lines and change. I don’t always realize that until I’m usually way down the road and wake up to the fact that I am different.
Anyway I was grateful for all of this today, and was reminded once again of why I am here. To stay sober a day at a time. I definitely want to be urged to do this each and everyday. To stay in the day and not in the future. Be where I am right now and not tomorrow. Nor yesterday. I need to thank my Higher Power and all those who have so generously given to me what I so desperately need.