SoberLife90

So I was asked to speak on the 2nd step tonight at this meeting. I just wanted to let everyone know that it went great. I will probably be asked to do another in the future. Thanks for the support!

happyandfree

Way to go!

courage2

I'm glad, SoberLife -- you may have helped someone in a way you'll never even know. Nice work!

ZenLifter

That's fantastic! Any highlights for us on what you talked about?

Soberwolf

Well done x

doggonecarl

Kudos!

Anna

That's awesome! Great job!

Determined1977

Great job

SoberLife90

Basically I split it up into a few things.

Intro- Introduced myself, told why I was speaking, how I felt about speaking.

Talked about the powerlessness of the alcoholic both mentally and physically. I wanted to transition into the 2nd step and show why we needed to look to a power greater than ourselves. I mentioned "There is a solution" and "More about alcoholism".

Then I went on to the 2nd step. "Came to believe that power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."

I broke that up into 3 parts.

Believe

Power greater than ourselves

Insanity

...and spoke about my experience with each of these and what I have learned about them.

Ended with a quote from Father Martin that essentially said, "When an alcoholic looks to a power greater than self because the strength is not in self he or she can be restored to normal, rational thinking."

thomas11

That's awesome! Very glad to hear everything went well.