![]() I couldn’t grasp the concept of the First Step for a long time. I used the tools I had learned, but it was not an easy road. I had never known that kind of powerlessness before. My husband’s relapse sent me into what felt like a different realm. Thank God I already had a Sponsor, was attending meetings, had worked the Steps, and had built a support system. Al-Anon under my belt but never imagined I would need it for something like this. Then one day, my husband said, “I just want to let you know I drank while I was hunting.” My heart sank. I had been living in a recovery household for over 20 years. Each one is special and will not visit me again. Faith in God answers all questions, solves all problems. When we have willingly turned our lives and our wills over, we'll find an abundance of the rich, the full, the satisfying. Our higher power will never direct us into waters too deep. The fullness of life we all long for is the natural byproduct of living every moment as fully as possible. We can neither give happiness to another, like a gift, nor expect it in return. ![]() ![]() We may share what we capture with loved ones, but like us, they too must search their own avenues for the satisfaction that lasts. ![]() We each have to grab our own happiness, create our own richness through experiences. All that these moments offer will never pass our way again. The thoughts we are thinking are fresh, never to be repeated. The steps we are taking today will never again be taken in exactly the same way. They never come back to be experienced again. To wait for someone else, or to expect someone else to make my life richer, or fuller, or more satisfying, puts me in a constant state of suspension and I miss all those moments that pass. ![]()
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