One Day at a Time

It is True -- Nothing is Free

Link: http://gourl.org/dsfaq

But how about you?

Are you free?

Perhaps it is a blessing that so many of us who have never completed our amends are also too afraid to sponsor others.

What is our real purpose in Step nine? Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us. Until we completely unblock the free flow of that Sunlight of the Spirit we are not going to be 'maximum'. We are not being asked to do a good deed a day, try not to hurt anyone --- we might leave that to the Boy Scouts of America. We are to be of MAXIMUM service and that means do ALL that we can – and that’s a heck of a lot more than just enough to stay way from a drink.

We can never be truly free from SELF until every vestige and prick of guilt -- every pang of worry; regret and morbid concern with regard to our past behaviors - the often unconsciously held negative notions that block what might otherwise be divine 'insights' - intuitive knowing and inspirations . . . . . that rob the God given energy that might otherwise allow us to do God's will instead of our own -- that turn us toward ourselves and usurp our attentions and concern form being directed toward God and our fellows.

^{Show me an alcoholic - man or woman - with ONE UNFINISHED AMEND and I’ll show you someone who cannot possibly be of maximum service to God.}

Just ONE will do it.

Mercifully, most of us in the meetings will never  have to complete our amends and we will simpy live dry and wry having our past indiscretions neatly stacked away in the abysses of our sub-conscious' minds thinking "HEY it's another day and I have not had a drink. How wonderful I am".

Why is that true?

It is because most of us are not real alcoholics. Most of us have that luxury. Just don't tell a REAL ALCOHOLIC that he has his whole life to finish his amends. If you do you just might kill him like it nearly killed Doctor Bob, me and some others who I am sure read this blog.

Dude, if there is just one person - any one - who you can reach right now via telephone or email - to whom you owe an amends - who is written on you eight step list - and you don't go away from this article right now and set up an appointment to personally meet that person - regardless of airfare, price of gas or promises to meet anyone save for the e sick and dying - or any other incursion of any other cost or inconvenience . . .

^{then please do not tell another living alcoholic in an AA meeting that you "follow these principles" in all of your affairs. It isn't likely that you do.}

You might may be a nice and pleasant enough person who does service to his group and makes a hell of a good urn of high acid AA coffee -and give great "share" in meetings - but now fraekin way you being 'maximum' and we will just have to settle for you in our lives that your minimalistic self-centered middle of the road way.

You are welcome! You are of minimal use to us - you might even be full of shit - but you certainly are welcome. Damn -- if I hadn't been welcomed even though I was an over esteemed full of shit AA bullshale dispenser I'd have never made long enough to see that truth about myself and recover. As alcoholics all of us are equally alcoholic - are we not? Or are some of us more equal than others in this regard?

Oh so .  .  .  .  "Four legs good, two legs better!"


Peace and Love,

Danny S - RLRA
Real Live Recovered Alcoholic