JANUARY 4 BEGIN WHERE YOU ARE We feel that elimination of our drinking is but a beginning. I have the power to exert a positive influence on myself, my loved ones, and the world in which I live. I am not powerless over assuming responsibility for my own recovery. But I've also learned I am not powerless over some things. I am powerless over how other people work (or don't work) the Steps. I am powerless over having just missed the bus. I am powerless over what people think about me. I've learned that I do not have the power and control I once thought I had. It is no coincidence that the very first Step mentions powerlessness: An admission of personal powerlessness over alcohol is a cornerstone of the foundation of recovery. JANUARY 3 POWERLESS We admitted we were powerless over alcoholthat our lives had become unmanageable.TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. The more I practiced, and the more I built, the more comfortable, and happy, was the home I now have to live in. But as time passed, as I practiced the program, I learned to build better rooms. The first room was rickety because I wasn't used to the work.
So I built a room on the slab by starting to practice the program. But it's pretty uncomfortable living on a concrete slab, unprotected and exposed to the heat, cold, wind and rain. First I had to pour a big, thick concrete slab on which to erect the house that, to me, was the equivalent of stopping drinking. JANUARY 2 FIRST, THE FOUNDATION Is sobriety all that we can expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning.AS BILL SEES IT, p. I now believe in miracles because I am one! Today, because of Alcoholics Anonymous, I now trust and rely on God, as I understand Him I am sober today because of that! Learning to trust and rely on God was something I could never have done alone. I always believed in God, but could never put that belief meaningfully into my life. This truly is a fact in my life today, and a real miracle. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us which we could never do by ourselves.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. JANUARY 1 "I AM A MIRACLE" The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous.
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