~ SANITY ~
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"Came to believe ...
That a power greater than ourselves ...
Could restore us to sanity."
Step Two
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What a powerful statement! There's a
power greater than me. At first glance
it seemed so frightening. As I looked at
my situation, it seemed impossible
... who or what could be greater than I
am? To be "restored" to sanity meant I
must be crazy. After all, that is what
insanity means. My Higher Power happened
to be my sponsor and she was determined
enough to be that power, if only until I
opened the door to another.
One day when my ears were open and my
mouth shut, these words came from
another sufferer: "God can." I thought
to myself, "What? What does 'God can'
mean?" Later -- when my body was clean
and my mind receptive -- those words
came to mean a great deal to me. "God
can" if I let Him. God can take away my
compulsion to overeat. God can remove my
desire for nicotine. God can take away
my desire for booze. Yes, God can.
I no longer worry about what I can't
accomplish because I know that "God
can." So now when my day begins I think
of what I can do right, and I do it for
today. That which I cannot do right -- I
just let God handle that. We make a
pretty good team, God and me.
ONE DAY AT A TIME . . .
I let my Higher Power restore me to sanity.