One Day at a Time
~ STRUGGLE ~
Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with
lots of rocks.
Ruth Westheimer
But it goes upward, forward, toward
the sun.
~ STRUGGLE ~
Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with
lots of rocks.
Ruth Westheimer
But it goes upward, forward, toward
the sun.
I've been in a Twelve Step program for a while now. I look back and sometimes I think how easy the journey has been to find the peace, serenity and love I've been given, thanks to the program. Just as I brought much denial with me when I joined, apparently I'm still in some denial. I'm so grateful to be where I am today that I have forgotten the struggles I've faced to get here.
~ Rhonda ~
No wonder some newcomers look at longtimers and think they'll never be able to get there! When I stretch my memory, I remember running headlong into the Fourth Step, thinking it the scariest thing I'd ever faced in my life. I know that first one was traumatic--holding my pencil to do it, getting the first page down, admitting so many things that had been shaming me for decades. I usually don't think about that today. Now I know firsthand the cleansing of a good Fourth Step, and I look forward to them as I peel the onion and find more defects.
When I look back over my journey, I can remember sitting in an emergency room using the slogan "One Day at a Time" for the first time. I changed "one day" to "five minutes" because it was all I could handle. But it got me through that day and the next two days. A few years ago I read that the slogans are the handrails to the Steps. I wish I'd known that before. For me, to use that slogan when I did was an act of faith, and at the time my faith was shaky.
Maybe the fact that I have faith now, having proved to my satisfaction that there is a Higher Power out there wanting the best for me, is why I look back on my journey and have a hard time finding the struggles. Maybe it's my new attitude of gratitude; it keeps me looking to the positive and not the negative. Whatever the reason, I'd like to say that I struggled in the program, but it was worth it
One Day at a Time . . .
I will remember to turn to the program to help maintain my peace and serenity, especially through the bad times.
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