When I walked into my first Twelve Step meeting, I had absolutely no idea what was going on. I knew nothing about the program, or the Steps and how to work them. But I listened and I asked questions and I learned.

One of the most important lessons I learned was that I couldn't just sit around waiting for recovery to take place. I couldn't ask God for help and then not do anything. I had to put feet to my prayers, as they say. I had to do something. So, slowly, with the help of my sponsor, I took the first Step. And then the second.

I found that I could talk a good game around program folks because I'd learned the lingo. The saying, "You've got to walk the talk," tells me that I have to do it. I can't just speak my recovery into existence. I found I didn't have recovery until I began working the Steps. It was only when I started the doing that the real learning, and the real recovery, began.

One Day at a Time . . .
I will take what I learn about recovery
and put it into practice ... I'll work the program.

~ jar ~

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