From today’s Daily Reflection;
“In A.A. we aim not only for sobriety - we try again to become citizens of the world that we rejected, and of the world that once rejected us.”
Aiming and trying… it does not say that we hit the final mark or find success. It also doesn’t say that the world welcomes us back with open arms.
“The old line says, ‘Suit up and show up.’ That action is so important that I like to think of it as my motto. I can choose each day to suit up and show up, or not.”
Hmmm - or not? Really? I have a choice? Can I run that past my employer, or those I pay money to each month - like the grocery store? Sorry, I’m not buying that part…
“Showing up at meetings starts me toward feeling a part of that meeting, for then I can do what I say I’ll do at meetings.”
And there are those that only do what they say they’ll do at meetings… and no where else.
“I can talk with newcomers, and I can share my experience, that’s what credibility, honesty, and courtesy really are.”
True…
“Suiting up and showing up are the concrete actions I take in my ongoing return to normal living.”
Ongoing? Yeah… Normal living??? What is that? For me, for the way I’ve felt for quite some time, and it is not an excuse to drink - the world has rejected me more since I’ve become sober than it did before. “The proof is in the pudding.”
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