This has been a rough week for me; working full time then coming home to work on my business, as well. There is always a price to pay for bad decisions and one of the areas of my life where I am paying a price is in the financial arena. I am once again taking a Third Step in my life. I am still making meetings, despite how much work is piling up around me, because I know how easy it is to get overwhelmed if I miss too many meetings, no matter what the excuse.
This morning I hit my normal Saturday morning meeting. I heard a lot of good things, but the one thing that stuck with me, because I've been feeling blue, is what one member said. He said he was grateful that he was given "the gift of desperation" which brought him into the rooms.
I know that when I got here I was desperate and I was not sure NA would work for me. I felt like I was just too addicted. But the longer I went to meetings, the more I heard people just like me share their stories and I began to get some hope. I didn't stay clean immediately, but eventually, I did stay clean.
Today I was lacking gratitude until I realized how grateful I was that I, too, was given the gift of desperation.
NA has worked for me.
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I too am grateful for desparation. Sometimes I just need to be reminded.
I think without desperation I wouldn't have done Step One.
In desperation you found gratitude. Now that about sums it up. :-)
Is that a lemming? Just kidding :+)
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