“As long as we placed self-reliance first, a genuine reliance upon a Higher Power was out of the question. That basic ingredient of all humility, a desire to seek and do God’s will, was missing.” (Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions)
Untreated alcoholism is not bad circumstances or bad
feeling. It’s being in charge of my life, living by these principles:
1. I can do whatever
I want
2. No one has the
right to command me
3. I recognise no god
but myself
It’s possible to be happy and successful for a while with
this formula. For a while. But it also opens the door to reactivation of
alcoholism, because, when I have the thought of a drink, being my own god, I
will obey that thought.
What’s your experience?