Daily Reflection Podcast

#96 A Lifetime Process (Apr 6) - Matt N. (Ashville, NC)

April 05, 2021 Michael L. & Lee M. Season 2 Episode 96
Daily Reflection Podcast
#96 A Lifetime Process (Apr 6) - Matt N. (Ashville, NC)
Show Notes

Matt boils his recovery down to something as simple as an incremental trust and a faith that he placed in little more than his sponsor... this man, Rob, told Matt how was he lived his life prior to reading the Big Book with his sponsor and what his life was like after.  The only thing they could say with absolute certainty was that Matt's sponsor Rob, read the book with his sponsor Chris and from there, his life began to change for the better.

A LIFETIME PROCESS

We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn’t control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn’t make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn’t seem to be of real help to other people. . . .

–ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 52

These words remind me that I have more problems than alcohol, that alcohol is only a symptom of a more pervasive disease. When I stopped drinking I began a lifetime process of recovery from unruly emotions, painful relationships, and unmanageable situations.  This process is too much for most of us without help from a Higher Power and our friends in the Fellowship.  When I began working the Steps of the A.A. program, many of these tangled threads unraveled but, little by little, the most broken places of my life straightened out. One day at a time, almost imperceptibly, I healed. Like a thermostat being turned down, my fears diminished. I began to experience moments of contentment. My emotions became less volatile. I am now once again a part of the human family.

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