My
Thoughts on Step Seven
Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings
Once
I had become willing for God to remove my defects of character I simply needed
to humbly ask Him that's what Step seven tells me and In some ways it really is
that simple I know it just does not seem that simple
The
7th Step is letting go and is a huge undertaken for most alkies being able to
let something go some times feels like we just want to take it back again I
know I just needed to accept the process of letting go and when acceptance is
there letting go almost takes care of itself
I
had to accept it just as it is if the acceptance was real the letting go would
just happen I know I could not cheat if I accepted it so it would have to
change my acceptance had to be absolute and total done with a lot of humility
And step 7 is how I deal with humility for me it was to become totally honest with myself and with others I have had lots of experience with humiliation as a direct result of my alcoholism and I had discovered I did not have much in the self esteem level
Today
I know humility is the desire to seek and do God's will for me but trying to
find God’s will for me is a huge undertaken I could not do this alone I needed
a lot of help from my sponsor and the fellowship
Thank
God the Big Book stayed out of the religions and made it safe for all to find
recovery I have thru the fellowship learned to be honest with myself this
phrase works as a good guideline to humility If something works well for me
it's probably God's will for me
Thinking
about it meant I have to know a some thing about myself like what was I good at
what we're my most glowing defects and so much stuff in between the best and
worst of me
Finding just what was good in my life was hard the hardest part
My
self-esteem was at its lowest point ever and before I got to AA I just wanted
to take my life nothing in the whole world was worth living for so I thought
thanks to God I did not succeed in my plan to end my life
The
steps gave me a chance to see how much more there was in life after booze took
my defects and turned them into assets to use in helping others find their way
working with others just like others worked with me to find peace and real
happiness
Step
seven gave me the chance to really get more honest and humble with myself not
just in the staying sober but in life itself step six and seven gave me the
opportunity to solve problems other than alcohol like living life in a selfless
manner
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