Recovery Meditations ~ Faith ~ One Day at a Time ~ September 10, 2010

~ FAITH ~
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"Faith has to work twenty-four hours a

day in and through us, or we perish."

The Big Book, page 16

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The Big Book states that if we are

rigorously honest we will receive

release from our addictive

compulsions. Working the Steps is what

keeps us honest. I didn’t believe this

with my whole heart and I lived within

my disease. My sponsor told me to just

"do it" and see what happened; to "act

as if it were true."

What is faith? It is the belief that if

we stay close to our Higher Power we

will be where we need to be. It is the

guarantee that we do not walk through

this world or this disease alone. Faith

requires commitment to a belief that is

greater than what we can see, hear,

taste or smell. It’s knowing that there

is a God who loves us as we are, and Who

will journey through this life with

us. And faith requires that we act on

that knowledge. That is faith.

I did the Steps and the compulsion was

removed. A miracle? Absolutely! I had

faith that the program would

work. Putting the faith to work by

diving into the Steps released me from

the grips of the disease, one day at a

time. The beauty of the program is faith

in a Higher Power who will walk us

through one hour, one day and one

miracle at a time.


ONE DAY AT A TIME . . .

I will act as if there is a God who loves me.