Step One of our program is about surrender. About how what we have been doing is not working. Step Two is about letting go of preconceived ideas of how a Power outside of ourselves can help. It is about making room for change.
Step Two: “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.”
Wait—
Does that mean I was insane with my drinking?
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
Oh, yeah. I’m not insane, but my behaviors are. Something has to change. There might be another way. This reading I heard in a meeting explains this insane pattern of behaviors in a very understandable way:
There's a Hole in My Sidewalk
“I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost... I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes forever to find a way out.
I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I am in the same place. But, it isn't my fault. It still takes me a long time to get out.
I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there. I still fall in. It's a habit. My eyes are open. I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately.
I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it.
I walk down another street.”
― Portia Nelson
We need each other and we need our Higher Power.
Change is hard. Baby steps to a new way out.
Try it—come and join us.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6
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