View Single Post
Old 10-06-2010, 10:00 AM
  # 10 (permalink)  
Charmie
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: scotland
Posts: 1,493
today i am a grateful recovered alcoholic.
i say that hand on heart.
but....i know where your coming from dallas...i too felt like you do...before the 12 steps.
step 9 promises among other things "we will not regret the past,nor wish to shut the door on it.....no matter how far down the scale we have gone,we will see how experience will benefit others"
this has come absolutley true for me dallas.
the only thing that wasnt on my personal inventory in step 4 was murder.
i look around as i go about my day and i see people living in drudgery,you can see it on their faces.with certain family memebers they are constantly looking to fill the hole in the soul...thinking if they had more money,more prestige..more more more their lives would be better...this is just a couple of examples.
i feel totally and utterly blessed that i have been given a new way of living..
a new pair of eyes and a new heart.
it takes work but boy is it worth it.
so again..i am a very grateful.
i am glad of my previous life for what it has brought me to today.
i was low bottom..if i can do it anybody can....if they surrender.
Charmie is offline