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Old 01-12-2019, 01:27 AM
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Gottalife
12 Step Recovered Alcoholic
 
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I guess I grew into it. I started with no belief, but after my experiences with step 5, described on page 75 with amazing accuracy, that all changed. From that point I realised the truth in what I was being told, and went forward with a certain amount of faith that began to grow with each new experience that came along.

Doing the “next right thing” didn’t work for me as for some time, though I tried to do the right thing, it turned out to be wrong as well. Perhaps I didn’t have a well developed moral compass. In the end I found seeking inspiration through step eleven much more effective. My behaviour changed naturally and the decisions I made in an intuitive way started turning out to be quite good.

I often look back at these changes in how I behave and live, none of which were engineered by me, and marvel at the work of the God of my understanding. It is all based in experience, everything is ok.
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