| Sacrifice
I saw this great speaker last night, and his topic was "Each step asks you to give something up, asks you to sacrifice something, what did you sacrifice to get sober.
The answers were amazing, it was one of the most clever topics I have ever heard.
So the "topic" is, "What did you sacrifice to get sober"
My initial thought was "nothing" hell I was "giving this crap away" what I did didn't work anymore and needed help.
My second thought was everything, I sacrificed all my favorite things in the whole world, things like Pride, lies, arrogance, stupidity, and truthfully I didn't "give" any of these away "willingly" they were all beaten from my "lifeless fingers" by me and my actions, all of these character defects are like boomerangs that come back and all but "cut me to ribbons".
The Big Book states "unless we actively seek humility we will be bludgeoned into it, for some of us this was a tedious process."
I'll take "tedious process" for 500 Alex
Today I really don't feel I "sacrifice" anything the program asks of me, I don't want that shyte anymore, it hurts, and it's harmful to me, I want it gone, the removal of "it" whatever "it" is may be a painful process because I have trouble "letting it go" but for me, it aint a sacrifice.
Newcomers and Oldtimers discussed things Like giving up the web of deceit and lies, giving up drinking of course, pride, pride and more pride, becoming sons, becoming daughters, wives, husbands,...it was an amazing meeting.
What did you sacrifice?
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