This step guide asks three simple questions.
- What does "came to believe" mean and how it is happening [in my life]?
- What is a power greater than ourselves? [I ask my sponslings to define their Power; what can that Power do in their lives? What can't that Power do?]
- What is sanity?
Question 3 is where I always get hung up. As I reflect in my recovery, I see that many, many of the actions I've taken have been by definition "insane." How I handled money, many jobs changes due to bosses I found "unacceptable," geographics, relationships I entered into that I knew or soon knew were detrimental; all these things are definitions of insanity.
I'm doing my 2nd Step with my sponsor by phone on Saturday, who is in Arizona 1500 miles away. Better clarity comes from working The Steps.
I really appreciate my sponsor, who has stuck with me through many changes; many years, some of not working the steps (except the maintenance steps) with her; of crazy decisions I've made; all those things that may have made some sponsors "fire" me.
Thank God for sponsorship.
2 comments:
Sanity is still elusive in my world and I have been sober for a few days lol
This step was a big hang up for me too. My sponsor once told me that with this first "I came", next "I came to", and eventually "I came to believe" and that is the truth! I still have many days when I feel in sane too.
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