Another thing, which is always a need on my part. Hopefully I can do this each and everyday. And that’s to pray. To talk to my Higher Power and ask for help and give thanks. I know that the Third Step prayer states what I need to say. To surrender once again and ask for help I so desperately need. To admit how my huge ego needs to be controlled and trimmed down to size.
This is not to say that I think I’m spiritual. I always step back, when this comes up. I know that no matter what I often find myself struggling tp practice this kind of life. One of my prayers, like the Third Step prayer, pretty much says this. How much help I need. And always I go back and say the Serenity Prayer, hopefully to remind myself of my need to mind my own business and ask for the guidance and strength I need.
And one thing I try to do is to do what I learned in here. And that’s to be willing to pray for others. Hopefully I do that everyday. I know that it helps me to stop thinking of me and to care about others rather than my selfish self.
Anyway, I thought I’d stop and think about this. To include my staying sober a day at a time. To remind myself of the help I have received. I always want to go back and remember how necessary it is for me to think about my need to grow in perseverance, hope, faith, and love. And to be grateful to thank my Higher Power, this program, and all those who have helped me during all this time.