You know, being a multi-winner is fascinating. I not only qualify for AA, OA, ACOA, Alanon, and GOD only know how many others. I get the opportunity to be humbled over and over again in so many ways. When I arrived in Alanon I noticed the word "learn" or "learned" showed up many, many times in the literature. I did a word search "Alcoholics Anonymous" at anonpress.com and it showed up 21 times from the first 164 pages.
I'm fascinated by the problem of the disease. Quite a razzle-dazzle.
But what is even more fascinating is the solution. I only get out of this program what I'm willing to put in. Time, action, practice equal serenity. T.A.P.E.S. The results of working the Steps is I change the tapes I was indoctrinated with as a child. A young, developing person surviving those early childhood experiences. Grooved in my brain AND MY BODY just as surely as any other recorded material.
To me, working the 12 Steps program is kind of like being the brain-damaged woman in "50 First Dates" where every day is a new day but in the long run a solution is arrived to where she can live, love, laugh and have a life one day at a time. On a daily basis. It's all I got...
Page 16: Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish. Most of us feel we need look no further for Utopia. We have it with us right here and now.
Page 85: What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our activities.
Page 86: On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead.
How exciting! What an adventure! What an opportunity! There are so many of us who will not be here tomorrow, we never know. So the question is: How will I live this day, this one day?
Dear Higher Power, help me live this day according to Your Will. Please lift and inspire, protect and guide me through the rapids of the River of Life...and lead me to the quiet, peaceful serenity of Your Love, Joy and Happiness. As YOU will. Sincerely, Carol xoxox
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