When I first came into program and heard these words I couldn't grasp their meaning. Life baffled me! I had no idea who I was or what I was doing. I was in the full grip of this disease. I felt like I WAS the disease. Why would God do anything for me?

"These people were crazy, even worse off than me," I thought. However, they seemed calmer, verbalized their feelings more clearly, and some even seemed to have their act together. They seemed to be enjoying life. I was hooked. I wanted what they had. I wanted to want to live. I was drawn to those who demonstrated traits I wanted in myself. I talked to them, and listened when they shared. I asked how to work the program, and how to find my Higher Power. I started working the Steps. I started searching for a God that I could relate to. I found online recovery loops and people who shared how they worked their program.

Then a crisis developed. It lasted for days and is still not resolved. But then I realized, as I was reading the Big Book, that the promises that God had given to the program people I knew were given to me too. I was so busy working this program that I had to sit back and examine all I had received. Yes, it does work when you work it. I proved it to myself ... no, God proved it to me.

One Day at a Time . . .
I will remember that the promises really do exist for everyone and they come about from the action of working my program to the best of my ability.

~ Judith A. ~

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