Everything is still going okay. Sober, sober, sober in thoght and deed. Interesting thing, though...
Used to be that I pushed myself hard, like Drill Sargeant Hard, and got stuff done, at the expense of everyone and everything that wasn't "mission specific". This of course led to frustration and resentmant, which invariably led to out-blaming the failures, glory-hounding the successes and drinking recklessly in response to both.
Not no mo'. I still do my best, but motivated by Love rather than man-made glory or self-ordained duty. Seems that thanks to the 12 Steps, and hearty helping of humility and the acceptance of living in the will of my HP, that there's nobody to blame when things go south and HP to thank when things go right. No stinkee - No drinkee.
What I want to share with the newbies and anybody else who cares is that when all else fails...it's steps 1, 2 & 3 that get me throgh the moment, hour or day. 1) I can't 2) He can 3) I'll let him
Awesome Rob. That is pretty much the way to go about daily living in AA. Of course there is also the condensed version of all 12 steps for chronic overcomplicators like me (and many others or else the saying wouldn't exist):
Trust god (steps 1-3), Clean house (4 through 11), and Help another person (12). Dr. Bobs perscription right? Of course God is involved in all steps (11 especially) but it's a simple way of living the principles I figure...even though I haven't formally worked all 12 steps. I have started living them in all my affairs to the best of my understanding because I also learned that to a certain extent, the more you attend AA, the steps start to work you.
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Everything is still going okay. Sober, sober, sober in thoght and deed.