Isn’t it amazing how, when we’re together, we can amazingly share with each other. I mean, here we are, able to reach out to one another and give to each other the compassion we need. In other words, a form of real love.
This is pretty much what I learned from my old sponsor and those old timers, when I came into this program. Something I really did not know. I began to hear what I needed to know, when I first learned to open my mind and begin to think about this. Doing these Steps, studying the BB, and listening to long time sober alcoholics began to change my thinking for the better.
The Second Step, when I began to learn about a spiritual way of life and a Higher Power, began to bring about another change I never expected. It amazed me. Slowly my heart began to open. A new form of love began to enter. It was, I learned over time, a genuine form of love I never knew. It allowed me to begin to be open and free to give of myself to others, who need and want what was given to me by my Higher Power, my sponsor and those old timers, and so many others in here, who have helped me.
All this began in a way I never want to forget. And that’s when I begged my Higher Power to take away the alcohol, when I was willing to surrender totally. And that’s what happened. I was truly freed since then. And since that new freedom, as my old sponsor pointed out, I needed to step back and begin to practice my being able to stay sober one day at a time. I never want to forget all of this. And I know I need to be grateful for all I have been given and received from my Higher Power, this program, and all those who have so freely given to me.