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I have a first things first sticker hanging on my garage wall, I won it at a raffle when I was newly sober. Like many principles in AA the meaning of this statement has changed for me as I have grown in understanding and effectiveness. At first it meant my sobriety comes 1st. I have said many times that my sobriety is the most important thing in my life. At the time I meant it.
Several surrenders later and a deeper understanding of my alcoholism has changed this perception. I am in deep trouble if the one thing I claim to be most precious to me, sobriety, is the one thing I have no power choice or control in bringing about.
I don't know how to stay sober. God keeps me sober. As has been mentioned recently on these boards, the only choice I'll ever have to make again is this. God is everything or nothing. From this choice my life springs. So first things first is a good reminder that I need to see to it that my relationship with my creator is right.
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