Today our group talked about what Bill W. and others had to say about who it is who leads the program. Part of our real Traditions. And that’s what I learned a long way back.
I can remember that I had been given the appointment of being the head of our group, and without talking to my sponsor, I decided what was best for our group. I never forgot what happened next. He pulled me aside and told me that I was not in charge of changing the group. I was there to follow the directions of the group, and that was all.
I can remember how that knocked the wind out of my sails. I was simply there to do what our Spiritual Leader wanted us to do. It was pointed out to me from my beginning in here, that I am a human alcoholic and not a spiritual leader. I had to learn to do what a human alcoholic is like, to follow the directions given to me to stay sober and to help others like myself to also stay sober and learn like I was directed to continue to try to grow along spiritual lines a day at a time.
The truth is that I really grew spiritually sober and humanly sober with the help of my Higher Power, my old sponsor, and a lot of helpful old timers, as well as all I have grown to know in here. Makes me grateful.