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Pythonpappy


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October 29, 2012
 
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"It's a simple program for complicated people" 
 
They say that this is a simple program but that it's very hard to follow. I heard this in the beginning of my recovery, but when I read the steps I didn't see why. In fact, the program seemed simple, and I confidently told my sponsor that I could get through the steps in a couple of months. I can still see his smile as he told me, "Let's take it one day at a time." When I finally started, I saw what he meant.
 
"How can such a simple program be so hard to work?" I quickly began asking myself. What I found was that each step asked me to do something I had never done before - and that was uncover my beliefs, discover how I had twisted them to serve my own selfish ends, and then discard them for God's will rather than my own. Simple, yes, but not easy to do!
 
Over the years I've found that this program is much easier to work if/when I quit making it so complicated. And the way I do that is by still trying to force my will on things. I now know it's much simpler when I evaluate my motives, seek truly to be of service, and ask for God's will, not mine to be done. This truly is the easier, softer way. 
 
Today I understand when they say that this is a simple program for complicated people! 
 
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I think its a simple program for simple people who complicate everything. And i do it with my biggest defect. My over welming desire to play God, and i dont even know it when its happening. Usuly happens when the words i know and or ya but are comming out my mouth. Thats why sobriety can only happen after complete defete. The problem is that the first thing an alcoholic gets back when sobering up is their opinion.

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Yeah bj, I hear ya ... ... ...

and I agree to a large extent ... going on the premise that the average alcoholic is indeed of higher average intelligence, I think we
tend to 'over-analyze' the program and therefore complicate matters ... I believe if we can just take the program as it is, it would really
be that simple ... the 'Charlie & Joe' tapes made a lot of headway in laying out just how simple this program is ... it was only when I got
to throw my hat in the ring did it get overly complicated ... LOL

I'm the type that if you ask me what time it is? ... I'll explain to you how to build a watch ...

Pappy



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Great stuff Roger. Keep those thoughts coming.



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Oh wow - I get this now. Nice.

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Amen

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