![]() Yet many of us say that old thoughts and bitter memories often sneak devilishly back to spoil what should have been a pleasant day. One thing we don’t need in our lives is garbage from the past. “But when he is made aware of this condition, he is under pressure to accept A.A.’s program of moral regeneration.” and a bodily sensitivity to alcohol that guarantees his final madness and death. He then has an obsession that condemns him to drink. ![]() But once the time of compulsive drinking has arrived, he can’t very well be held fully accountable for his conduct. “In the early days of his drinking, the alcoholic is often guilty of irresponsibility. On the contrary, we use the fact of fatal illness to clamp the heaviest kind of moral obligation onto the sufferer, the obligation to use A.A.’s Twelve Steps to get well. We do not use the concept of sickness to absolve our members from responsibility. This concept, they feel, removes moral responsibility from alcoholics. I pray that I may have a glad, thankful and humble heart. I pray that my life may not be spoiled by worry and fear and selfishness. God forgives us much and we should be very grateful. If God’s forgiveness were only for the righteous and those who had not sinned, where would be its need? I believe that God forgives us all our sins, if we are honestly trying to live today the way He wants us to live. ![]() I will put the old mistakes away and start anew each day. What has drinking really got that we haven’t got in A.A.? Do I believe that the liabilities of drinking outweigh the assets? In other words, when we think about that first drink, we’re thinking of all the assets of drinking and none of the liabilities. What we don’t think of is the letdown, the hangover, the remorse, the waste of money, and the facing of another day. When we think about having a drink, we’re thinking of the kick we get out of drinking, the pleasure, the escape from boredom, the feeling of self-importance and the companionship of other drinkers. I realized that I hadn’t thought of those solutions–a Power greater than myself had given them to me. I began to receive answers to my deepest problems, sometimes at the most unusual times: driving to work, eating lunch, or when I was sound asleep. Gradually, in disgust, I began to turn it all over, saying: “You’re so omnipotent, you take care of it.” He did. I kept trying to change things I couldn’t change. “Came to believe!” I gave lip service to my belief when I felt like it or when I thought it would look good. I can’t say upon what occasion or on what day I came to believe in a power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now.” ” … Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life.
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