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Day 2

Wisdom

"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

It is slowly dawning on us that the preceding Eleven Steps are part of an ongoing process. We realize that just because we've been through them once doesn't mean we can pack them away in mothballs. Step Twelve clearly demonstrates that we could not have arrived at our present stae of balance were it not for Steps One through Eleven. It also tells us that, in preparing to undertake the threefold message of this step, we're commiting ourselves to a way of life that is a complete departure from the attitudes and behavior of our addictive lifestyle.

As problems continue to arise in our everyday life, we're able to take each one of them in turn, and work through the entire Twelve Steps with them. We can do this with skewered relationships, with money, and employment problems, with emotional hang-ups and with any other situation that may be causing us confusion and discomfort.

Remember the old Latin adage: "Repetition is the mother of wisdom"? It is by repeatedly applying the steps in all our affairs that we reap the benefits of our new way of life. We also need to remember H.O.W.---Honesty, Open-mindedness, and Willingness---that we learned in our early days of recovery. The power of this advice will become increasingly obvious as we enjoy the fruits of our labors.

Today's Step: I continue to practice the principles of this program in all my affairs.

Step by Step, meditations for living the Twelve Steps. Muriel Zink