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The Lies I tell – The 2nd Step

Step 2: Came to believe a power greater than myself can restore me to sanity.

The lies I tell myself so I can keep, keeping on are NOT SANE

  • This time I will only have a one
  • If I drink a glass of milk first it will coat my stomach, it will absorb slower and I won’t get drunk
  • If I drink a glass of water between each drink it will flush my system and I won’t get drunk
  • It’s not the booze that makes me sick it is all the orange juice. The sugar in it is giving me the hang overs.
  • It’s not the drinking, It’s the drugs. If I quit getting high I won’t have any problems.
  • I can’t quit with him around.
  • Normal people live dull lives. I live on the edge.
  • All good writers drink.
  • It’s the vodka that gets to me. I’ll be ok with gin
  • and on and on……………………………………..

All Bull Shit. Nobody believes it, not even me

Working Step 11 – Nightly Inventory

Working Step 11 – 

“When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once? Were we kind and loving toward all? What could we have done better? Were we thinking of ourselves most of the time? Or were we thinking of what we could do for others, of what we could pack into the stream of life? But we must be careful not to drift into worry, remorse or morbid reflection, for that would diminish our usefulness to others. After making our review we ask God’s forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken.”

7th Step Prayer

My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good & bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you & my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here to do Your bidding.

Step 3 Prayer

God, I offer myself to thee – to build with me and do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy will always!