Nothing is forever. Everything changes. Change is the most consistent thing we have in this world. We change. And if I am working this program, everyday I change. Hopefully for the better.
And all these changes are just one day at a time. Doesn’t matter what they are or how they affect me. If I stay in this day, I’ll be all right. How do I know? That’s been my experience since I came into this program. And all in all it’s been for the better.
I was thinking about this earlier today. Mainly because I was in the process of turning my will and life over to my higher power. And I was kind of chuckling at the thought on how little control I have in this world and the changes I go through. Like I said, all for the better.
I said that there is one thing which is consistent and that’s change. Not so fast, as I said to myself, because there is another thing, which remains consistent in my life. I am an alcoholic and always will be. And it’s that fact I have to remember everyday I live.
Alcohol is still out there, waiting patiently for me to make a mistake. I know that from what has happened to so many others around me through the years. I know that from the fact that, when I came into these rooms, I was totally powerless over alcohol. Without God’s help and AA, I could not stop no matter how hard I tried.
Yet I changed. Thanks to my higher power and this program.
I’d have to say what happened to me is a miracle. I’ve heard others say the same things. How grateful I am. This program really works, no matter how many changes I have gone through in my sober life. No matter how I felt, eventually they proved to be just what I needed to grow in this program.
To me they are proof of what the BB says: The spiritual life is not a theory. It has to be lived. Amen to that. The key to that statement is, it has to be lived. Am I living it? Yes, a day at a time. There’s no mystery to this. All I have to do is to put this program into action each and every day. And guess what? I change.