Nevertheless, She Persisted
IT WORKS It works—it really does. — ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 88 In the beginning of my recovery, I was still working on my own will. I was trying to think my way sober. It was very exhausting. I was "white-knuckling" it. I would go to a few meetings here and there. I would hear of these wonderful spiritual experiences that people were having and sharing their experiences. I truly didn't think that was going to happen for me. People would always say to me "keep coming back...it works if you work it..." Reluctantly, I did keep coming back. Each time I went to a meeting, it wouldn't strength my hope that I could find the peace and serenity I was so seeking. Soon, that hope began to turn into a belief. There was no denying what I was seeing. People with worse situations than me were transforming into healthy productive people. At some point, my belief transformed into faith. I had no doubt that God ...