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Fellowship of the Spirit

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What a wonderful gift it is to be in recovery. To see people, to hear them, to love them and to let them love you. Its just a wonderful feeling.

I just spent the evening with my AA sponsor, my sober brothers and sisters, and my extended sober family. My grand-sponsor was there too. It was “awesome”.

If you are new or still struggling with getting or staying sober all this fellowship stuff might just sound weird to you. And you might even be saying “thanks, but no thanks. I don’t need or want this”.

But the truth is: it is just such a beautiful gift. Especially seeing people who once thought the only way to have fun was to get drunk and high on everything sit and eat a sober meal talk and spend quality time together.

My life just feels wonderful today, and for that my God I am grateful!

The sweet taste of Surrender

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We hear the word Surrender in recovery all the time, but what is it really like? what does it look like? How does it taste? and how does it really feel?

I recently had a new surrender experience, and will try to describe it, it was very hard to take and felt like I will die before I took the action, however once I did take the steps and surrender I was a new man. I had a new freedom and a new happiness.

I had more time and energy to focus on what I needed to in my recovery and a fog has been lifted from me.

It works!

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If you are trying to change and stop certain behaviors in your life, it would help to know how to do it.

Since 1935 millions of people have had success in changing their life for the better by practicing the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous in their life on a daily basis.

Some people at the same time have spent thousands of dollars on therapy sessions without getting any results, the most a good competent therapist can do is encourage a client to go to AA.

What’s the reason behind this success? It’s probably rooted in the spiritual rather than anything physical. In order to change destructive behaviors people need to go through a “psychic change” which is accomplished by having a sponsor, taking advice, and incorporating the steps into daily living.