my daily reflections…

the best way for me to show the act of gratitude for what i have been gifted through recovery is to carry the message as best as i can. it does me no good to try to give it to those who already have it, or those who dont want it. for certain we may share with one another the happiness, joy, and peace of mind we have from our recovery, even the struggles we may face, to be of the greater service to this thing we do means i give it to those who may not only need it but want it. and it doesnt always have to go out all at once. for me, personally, to give it away i must do it in the same way ive received it, day by day, piece by piece. i have found the more i practice the gratitude i have for my recovery, the more it grows. i had to be absolutely honest with myself and face myself as i really was when i came into the rooms. it was suggested that i be convinced that i must give up drinkin and i must see that my whole life depended on this conviction. givin this thing we do away, for me, means that i care enough about other alcoholics to help them reach this same conviction. this is the progressive gratitude i have come to know. sharin with another how i formed a relationship with somethin greater than i, with my HP by my side, i get to grow in my own spirituality. even when it seems beyond my power to help another, i must remember that there is no limit to what i can accomplish with my HPs help. even as doubt may be a healthy element of my humanness, it is also a healthy element of the faith i have today. for when i have doubt, i get the opportunity to grow, then pass that growth onto another. when i share my doubt with others, i am certainly enabled with inward growth and get to build a bridge of understandin with others. sharin with another the surrender i have undertaken, admittin to them that i needed more than myself to overcome my alcoholism, allows me to tell of the relationship i must keep with a power greater than myself. i am then enabled to face anything through that power. progressive gratitude, from a psychic change, is the gift i get to share. 1 day @ a time...