Had a very interesting meeting today. It was about unity and our humility, which is needed, if I want to stay sober.
Amazing that, despite our egos, we all can come to meetings and unite. And are able to carry that unity into our separate private lives. This is especially true, when we run into alcoholics, who are new or still practicing, and we find ourselves able to reach out and help them. We are able to do what we learned in here. Freely giving what was freely given to us. Never want to forget that.
One of the memories I have of this goes back to a time, when I often found myself overwhelmed by pain and misery within. I would come to meetings and sit, feeling weighed down and so awful. And then, as the meeting went on, I would feel all this stuff was melting away. By the end of the meeting I would stand up freed of the pain I walked in with.
Talk about unity! Had I not been willing to become part of the group I would have still been buried in suffering. But I could look back and see that, even though I was hurting, I was willing to be part of the group, like everyone in there.
One of the things, which gives me gratitude, is what I learned from all those old timers, who were willing to reach out and freely giving to me, what I learned was what this staying sober was all about. I never wanted to ever separate from this program. That Unity in the Traditions became part of me. And still is.
Anyway, when I came home I knew that I was still thinking about this. I brought peace of mind within me. It made me grateful that I was sharing with another alcoholic like myself. And here we were staying sober a day at a time, talking about how this program works. Made me grateful to my Higher Power, my old sponsor, and those old timers, and others I have me along the way, who continue to help me. I need to thank all.