AS BILL SEES IT, Question 19b

Have you taken insurance against the dangers of bigshotism?

The insurance I've taken out is with the 12 Step Recovery program and the premiums I gladly pay are:

1. Prayer and meditation (Higher Power/God)
2. Abstinence
3. 12 Steps

The currency (tools) I use are:  meetings, phone calls, anonymity, literature, service, sponsorship, writing and action.

These tools help support my recovery; they don't give me recovery.  This can only happen if I'm abstinent.  When I have the clarity to be able to hear God/HP, with it comes the ability to go to him for help with everything.  I have to be left out of the picture completely.

This was the problem I had: I was always in the middle of everything - controlling and running the show.  Nothing went on around me that I didn't have my hand in.  No one could do anything right.  I was miserable and everyone around me was miserable.

Thankfully, it doesn't have to be this way anymore.  This is a program of action and I choose to follow it One Day At A Time.