What do you mean “no human power can relieve me of my alcoholism?” How can that be? I was going to meetings, working with a sponsor, and helping others. I had spent countless hours reading, highlighting, discussing all of the chapters in the Big Book. I was making some progress,
but was still bothered by many uneasy and uncomfortable thoughts. Why wasn’t this program working for me?
I called my sponsor, and told him. He had me turn to p. 68 in How It Works. “….self-reliance failed us? Self-reliance was good as far as it went,
but it didn’t go far enough. Some of us once had great self-confidence, but it didn’t fully solve the fear problem, or any other. When it made us cocky, it was worse.”
Then he said, “Steve, does this describe where you’re at?” I had to agree; yes, that was me. So we talked about playing God, about the mystery
of faith, about where I’d been brought so far. He asked me to write down all of the reasons I didn’t like God; what I was afraid of.
Chuck. C. was right. Uncover. Discover. Discard! scribd.com/doc/72477740/New-Pair-of-Glasses-Part-1 I needed a new pair of glasses.
Thanks, God, for putting people in my life to show me the miracle(s) of Faith. Just for today, help me keep being open to letting go of everything
that blocks You from working in my life; for an even greater purpose and meaningful life!
