Once again the group was in a discussion of the “I” over the “E”. Intellect over emotions. This morning I was doing thinking over the same thing. So, I was in the right place for the right reason.
And that took me back to the First Step, where it states that our lives had become unmanageable. My take on this was agreed to by quite a few in here. I mean we have been told that we are not saints, we’re human alcoholics. So, I can begin the day off, having been grown in a lot of great areas, praying and thinking about my Higher Power, but then step out and find myself tripping over every thing and back almost at the beginning, when I came in.
And, of course, that makes me step back and ask my Higher Power for help. And, if I can, to talk to someone else here, who can help me get back on my feet again.
I was told by my old sponsor and those old timers that this would be happening again and again because we’re human alcoholics, as it states.
Anyway I know that this is life as it is for alcoholics like ourselves. No matter how we have worked these Steps in here, we will find that we trip and tumble, because we are human. And that, of course, brings us back to the Second Step, the growth in spirituality and a relationship with our Higher Power. Makes me grateful to say the least. Of course I owe gratitude to all those who have helped me along the way.