I was reminded this day of what comes up each and everyday, for which all of us need to remember. That’s that I must be committed to staying sober this day. One day at a time.
I know this is what, if we wish to stay sober, we must do completely over time. But there is more we all need to do. And that’s getting together at meetings frequently. To be reminded by others like us just what it is we need to learn and do on a regular basis.
And that reminds me of the truth about life. Time takes time. It never happens over night. I can remember how it was way back when I came in. It all began with the First Step and then the next, the Second, and then the Third, and on and on. No matter what it was I was learning, it took a long time to learn and put into action.
Then the results began to come into my life. The peace and the happiness, which was what really started for me, with the help of my old sponsor and all those, who freely gave to me. But there was the basic there all the time: my Higher Power, who had changed me. And then all the gifts, which came from Him. Faith, hope, and love. Compassion, humility, freedom within, and the realization that I’m not in charge. However a receiver of gifts.
Anyway, as I was thinking about this, it also came to mind how I need to be grateful to my Higher Power, and then my old sponsor, and all those, who over time, have reached out and supported me. I know this is true of all those I have met in here like myself. It also reminds me of my purposes. I am to stay sober a day at a time and to do what was so freely given to me: compassion and the willingness to freely give to others.