my daily reflections…

in years past i always thought i had all the answers to all the questions posed to me about my life situations. i wouldnt follow anybodys lead cuz i knew what was best fer me. the problems, as funny as it may sound, were mostly problems that plague any human livin at any given time. it seemed i had to react to em which in turn always made em worse. i may have known the right way to go about solvin these problems yet couldnt bring myself to solve them properly, i ALWAYS had the answer. it had to be done my way. havin come into this thing we do i have learned a new way to deal with problems that arise. i no longer have to muck em up with my mire or look at em as problems, but rather chances to grow spiritually. usin the spiritual principles i have learned from recovery my problems can ALL be solved today. just by mere honesty, open-mindedness, & willingness to follow His will in my life my problems are easily dissipated. faith was somethin that i needed to acquire. sure, i can remember havin faith that alcohol would take me away from my problems so i didnt have to face them, but that wasnt the kind of faith i truly needed. it may have worked for short periods of time, but the problems still lingered, and alcohol usually made them worse. i needed to find a better way to solve my problems other than with alcohol. recovery taught me that by facin my fears i could use its spiritual principles to overcome any obstacle that stood in my way toward freedom. learnin how to use spiritual principles, like a newborn baby may learn to walk, i stumble through my problems seein which spiritual principle may work to solve whatever fear i may be facin. its not always a pretty sight, but the feelin of accomplishment today is far better than the feelin of a hangover from days past. with the guidance from this thing we do, the faith i have in my HP, and the skill i acquire from practicin the spiritual principles i have learned, i get to move slowly in a forward manner. 1 day @ a time…