Old 06-07-2016, 05:22 PM
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Gottalife
12 Step Recovered Alcoholic
 
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God can move mountains, but you better bring a shovel.

Such a spontaneous recovery is very rare, and the fact your man was sharing in AA tells me there was more to it than just an instant fix.

I have known people, in fact I sponsor one at the moment, who had a profound "God moment" the day before he came to AA. It was that moment that inspired him to come. It didn't fix him, and the fact that I had him on the slow path with the steps was almost his undoing. God set me right on that BTW.

His experience seemed to help his faith, and when we hit the steps "by the book" and removed the things that had been blocking him from a more permanent relationship with God, he underwent a dramatic change.

Watching him recover has been one of the most special parts of my recovery, but I know it just didn't drop in his lap. Sobriety is not a gift, a price has to be paid. The destruction of self centredness. He was more than willing to pay the price.
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