"My sponsor told me that if I stayed away from the first drink a day at a time and followed the suggested Twelve Steps, I could lead a sober life. She didn't promise me health, wealth, happiness, love -- or comfort. All she promised me was sobriety! Thank goodness, she didn't promise me anything else, because along the AA path I have found sickness, death, unhappiness, and considerable discomfort. But I have also found the greatest joy, love, and happiness of my life."
These were all my requirements from the Steps. And I had so much expectations - health, wealth, happiness, love and all these in old way. I didn't want only sobriety. But one person promised me that I will have absolutely new way of life. And now I am grateful for this promise, because it is happening. And it includes all of the things that are normal for life - birth, death, harmony, peace, discomfort, pain, happiness, success, failure.
