10 Days Sober:
In my recovery study today I was reading in Step Into Action and came across a
section that talked about working the steps.
This section changed my thinking and outlook on recovery and how to
truly work the steps. Before this I had
thought that working the steps meant going to meetings, calling people, staying
sober, reading SA material…yeah, that isn’t what it is.
Each step it turns out has something you can “work.” Step
One for example, the only one that I truly think I know because that is still
the one I am on, has the first step inventory that I need to write in order to
fully understand my powerlessness and unmanageability. Or at least begin to understand. No, I believe that God can give me a full understanding
if He so desires…so I will strive for it as if He was going to give it to
me. If not, then I will still believe in
Him and rely on Him.
As I read about working the steps, I had an amazing feeling
of peace roll over me. Not that I was super sober right then…I mean
I have 10 days so far…but I just felt like God revealed to me and comforted me
that if I keep going and keep relying on Him that I will be able to stay in
recovery and I will be able to have the life that He has planned for me. It will be hard, and I am just barely seeing
how hard it might be, and I know that I will have very low days, but just
knowing that there is a hope of
being in extended recovery makes me want to strive for and work for this as
much as I physically can.
This is my check in and this is my experience. Stay strong!
-Grateful and Hopeful
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