One of those things a friend and I talked about today was our egos. And not just our egos, but our negative emotions controlling our lives for a while, after we came through the doors.
He wasn’t the only one. I got the opportunity, after our anniversary celebration today. And one of the things, which kept popping up was our focus on ourselves. Our really trying to run our way of life and make decisions, which gave us “control”, we thought. And as one of the friends in this talk points out, it is totally false. We’re not in control, we only think we are which can be dangerous to alcoholics like ourselves.
We talked about the various answers in dealing with these things, but that was just part of it. What really hit me was the need for humility, which was totally lacking in our lives, and the need to learn to step back and turn our will and our lives over to our Higher Power. To do His will and not ours. To live a spiritual way of life.
Also, once again the word “acceptance” came into the talks. And that brought the thought of learning to be honest and doing the right thing. And again, talking about our not being saints and only human beings, suffering from the disease of alcoholism.
Anyway here we were talking about all of this and getting back to why we are here in the first place. To stay sober. Made me grateful, as it did others. Need to say thanks again for all we have been given.