Tuesday, May 20, 2014
"In spite of (a) great increase in the size and the span of this Fellowship, at its core it remains simple and personal. Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic, sharing experience, strength, and hope." - Alcoholics Anonymous, Forward to the Third Edition, 1976.
Today, I will not diminish or dismiss the enormity of my personal recovery by thinking that mine is insignificant among the millions of others who have found recovery in the Program. The words of the Big Book empower us and our recovery by telling us that our own and another person's hope begins one-to-one when two alcoholics talk to each other and share their experience, strength and hope. In turn, the alcoholic whose recovery began by talking to another alcoholic passes onto yet another alcoholic his own experience, strength and hope. Today, I embrace with gratitude and humility the significance of my recovery along with those millions of others because, without my experience, strength and hope to pass on to someone else, our Fellowship will not increase in size, span - or power in its message of reconciliation and redemption. And our common journey continues. Step by step. - Chris M., 2014
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