how could i ever think of others back in the days of doin my dirt? i was always only concerned with me and what i was gettin. to think of another, other than what i could get from em, was never a thought, especially if it was to help em or be nice to em out of pure brotherly love. this shortcomin, was squashed by the spiritual principle of humility. recovery not only taught me, but showed me, how i needed others. i couldnt fall back on takin from em with a healthy conscious. if i wanted their experience, strength, and hope, i had to become willin to share my own. i learned that recovery wasnt all get and no give. it was almost just the opposite, i had to learn to give to receive. thinkin of others and how i may help them meet their needs became a way of life that actually provided me more than i could have ever imagined. gettin outta self, givin the love i had, sharin the gift of forgiveness, not only gave me hope, but offered it to others too. recovery taught me how i created the bad things that happened to me in my life, and how i could turn em into offerins of hope for others and myself. i could use them to provide help to others. it showed me through the process of the steps that when i remain in the problem, i cant find the solution. helpin others takes me away from the problem of joel and provides me an avenue to overcome me. if i wanted to learn to be responsible for my recovery i needed to show that responsibility by usin humility to open myself up to others. i learned through recovery that when i know a thing, to hold that i know it, and when i do not know a thing, to allow that i do not know it: this is knowledge. and when i share that with others i get to grow from it. it taught me to try to learn from everybody, for each person i meet has knowledge. if i didnt take the time to learn from another, i couldnt possibly learn how to be sober. i learned how to stop givin excuses as to why i couldnt do this or that to help another; excuses stopped as i grew within. 1 day @ a time...
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