Today I was talking and listening to the problems we all have to face. That is being human alcoholics and not saints. Learning how to deal with the things we have no chance of changing. All we can do is to, with my Higher Power’s help, change myself. In other words, the Serenity Prayer.
This all came up from our conversation with each other. Sharing the human condition with one another. Trying to learn how to stop and step back and not get involved in things beyond our own business. First to remember why we are here. And that’s to stay sober one day at a time. To mind our own business. To stay in contact, as best we can, with our Higher Power. And change.
Of course I know I have to learn to do the best I can to try to stay humble. To step back from trying to draw attention to myself. If possible to be quiet and let go. Not always easy, but part of why I am here. I have a friend, who always talks about how he tried to be in control, and yet had to learn that he was not really the driver of his bus. He had to learn to get out of the driver’s seat and go to the back of the bus.
Anyway, I know that I was trying to remember what it is I need to do each and everyday. To stay sober a day at a time. And, as I was told, I had to try to keep my mind exactly where I am. I’m not to project into the future. To stay where I am each and everyday. I’m to avoid projecting into the future, where I could end up being ruled by my negative emotions. And I know where that has taken people like us from time to time.
So, I know that I need to be grateful to my Higher Power for all the help I have been given. And to also thank my old sponsor and others, who also guided me how to stay sober, how to live, and how to help others like ourselves. I was also taught by them and others how to be loved and how to love in a spiritual way of life. Thanks.