MYSTERIOUS PARADOXES Such is the paradox of A.A. regeneration: strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one's old life as a condition for finding a new one. — A.A. COMES OF AGE, p. 46 Hitting bottom for me was the beginning of a new life. The Ninth Step promises tell me "...sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly." I reached a point in my recovery where I looked back and thought, 'I am a miracle'. It didn't feel that way at first. I wanted my life back, my kids back, my house back, I didn't want loneliness, I was tired of guilt. I wanted it to all go away on my terms and my timeline. Slowly but surely, with faith and action, miracles began to happen right before more eyes. For me and others in the program as well. God has a plan for all of us and it is on His terms, not ours. My alcoholic way of thinking believed that things should happen on my timeline and my terms. 'Of course, the program just wasn't
Comments
Post a Comment