Meeting Sunday, April 17th

We are working on the first half of Step 7:  “Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings”

If you have time, please take a look at the video below.  We will be talking about what it means in relationship to the 7th step.

Know you are loved!

 

This Sunday, April 17, 2016, we will be working on the first week of Step 7:  Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

In the first few sentences of Step 6 in the AA Twelve and Twelve, Bill W. wrote an axiom that I have found to be true in my recovery:  Step 6 (and 7) separates the men from the boys.  Looking at yourself and admitting your humanity in Steps 4 & 5 are one thing.  Taking action to proactively change your life (Steps 6 & 7) is an entirely different conversation.

Steps 6 & 7 are for me the emotional sobriety steps – they are the place where I demonstrate to my Higher Power that I am truly willing to surrender my old ways of being in favor of a new life and freedom from bondage to self.

I know how long it took for me to develop the ability to engage in ongong self assessment, identification of my defects that contributed to any situation and the process of surrendering to new ways of living.  It was not overnight.

I burst out laughing when I heard the song below this week,  I can’t tell you how many times I tried to find the “faster shoes” that would help me avoid the sacred discomfort of real growth.  All I know now is that I am glad I never found them!