Collaboration, Cooperation and Inclusion

Well, I am no guru, leader, know it all 12 Stepper.  I do what I know and keep an open mind as best I can.  I am one of the s-l-o-w ones.  Back in 1993 I got enough of the program to keep my foot in the door and I'm glad about that!  I throw everything into my recovery.  The Steps, slogans, literature, online speaker meeting tapes, podcasts, mp3s, prayer, meditation, sponsor, the phone, meetings, etc.

From working this program I've learned a lot about a spiritual language where unity is so critical.  The Traditions teach me to value collaboration, cooperation and inclusion. "There is but one ultimate authority", "we hang together or die alone", "the only requirement for membership is a desire", on and on.

I have a long way to go.  I'm not "done" like when you bake a cake.  I still have a way to go but the exciting thing is I keep learning, stretching, growing in love.  For this I'm truly, deeply, humbly grateful because I never thought I would ever be one of the "winners".  And whenever I see someone else reach for and grab a hold of this program, put their foot in the door, I feel so excited for them because there is a tremondous difference in just barely living life as the walking dead or living life large in the Sunlight of the Spirit....