The Courage

One does not need a really low bottom to want to change.  One’s life does not have to be a complete mess before one decides to water a seed of recovery.  I hear people say they want to get sober and stop the drink/drug life.  They find a path to recovery.  They say, “I am sober.”  And now what? I wonder.  That’s it?  You don’t drink and try to help others to get well?  What about that part of the serenity prayer that says, “The courage to change the things I can.”  How about the courage to find your gift or unique talent?  It takes a lot of courage to give up a nice, safe, secure life in sobriety, to take on something that you feel/think urges you to become all you are meant to be.  Sobriety gives you a life, so that you can find the life that fits you.  That is what turning your life over to a higher power means.  Sobriety gives one time, the time that used to be for getting into oblivion.  Don’t waste the time.  It is a gift and it is for a gift.  You are a gift.