Having learned to live so happily, we'd show everyone else how. . .Yes, we of A.A. did dream those dreams. How natural that was, since most alcoholics are bankrupt idealists. . .So why shouldn't we share our way of life with everyone? TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 156
The great discovery of sobriety led me to feel the need to spread the "good news" to the world around me. The grandiose thoughts of my drinking days returned. Later, I learned that concentrating on my own recovery was a full-time process. As I became a sober citizen in this world, I observed a rippling effect which, without any conscious effort on my part, reached any "related facility or outside enterprise," without diverting me from my primary purpose of staying sober and helping other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain.
Oh, What truth is spoken about Grandiose thinking in Sobriety. It is so easy to do! When I let my thoughts run wild and go back to yesterday thinking about and manifacturing lies about "THe GOOd OLD DAYS." I have done that so many times in my Stinking Thinking. If I am Blessed enough to catch myself and say GOd FORGIVE ME. Thy Will Be Done Not Mine, all is well. Today is a New Day. I can use it to Bless or Curse myself or others. I choose this Day to BLess Others. Helping others get Sober is a Gift I Pray I am able to have through my past. If one thing I say or do helps another ALcoholic acheive sobriety, all is well with my soul.
