02/04/2014

 Step by Step

Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014
 
Today, motivated by Einstein’s wisdom that individual happiness should be pinned on goals rather than a person or thing, I will build my sobriety and recovery on the goal to attain the full grace and redemption of the Program and, in so doing, will not gamble by basing my recovery on what another person does or does not do or on a situation that may or may not play out the way I want. I am playing with fire, not to mention using manipulation and abusing the integrity of AA, if I decide I will not continue in recovery if the spouse who left me because of my drinking doesn’t return, or if the employer who fired me because of my drinking doesn’t rehire me, or if the judge hearing my DUI case doesn’t dismiss charges because "I’m in recovery." In keeping my recovery goal-oriented, I am not only paying respect to the integrity of the Program’s Steps and Traditions, I am also reinforcing the truth that I and I alone am responsible for both my alcoholism and recovery. Neither is because I might have been dealt a bad hand in life. Today, I focus on the goal of sobriety through the Program instead of people or events to maintain and progress in my sobriety and recovery. And our common journey continues. Step by step. – Chris M., 2014