Life's
Lessons
Life's Lessons are new every day we
wake up we learn something new about life
At first I had a real hard time with
changing my way of living in the here and now
The life style AA was pushing with the
God thing just did not really appeal to me
Did not want God's condemning judging
ways in my life anymore I was doing fine
All I needed to do is learn how to
drink the right way like social drinking
Still thought I could do thing with out
anyone’s help
Who need people telling them what to do
all the time?
My life was in the crapper and still wanted it my way
How sick was I its not like I could ever drink in safety again
Well life is a constant change and you
change or go
This is the lesson we all learn in
recovery
Old life habits are very hard to change
I did have to change and learn new
lessons or just die
I started to slowly change my life
style from that selfish SOB that I was
To a caring and loving person
Greatest change I have ever made
because of this program was
I found out that there is a God and I
am not He
He could do for me what I could not do
for myself
All I had to do is get out of the way
and let Him
I needed to learn all about who I was
and how I fit into the picture of His will
Not My will to fit my selfish ways
Big change working on me and looking at
harms I did
Instead of looking for someone to blame
for all my mistakes
Making amends was a big step forward to
changing my attitudes about things
Along with knowledge of His power I
have been give this gift of sobriety
Today I love the new way of life I have
I met many new friends everyday
And I have a marriage that is blessed
by God Himself my wife is my angel
And we share or new lives together in
recovery we sponsor many people
We enjoy the company of AA folks very
much wherever we met them
Today my purpose in life is to make
changes in my own life finding God's will for me
Also to help others make changes in
their lives to find their own high power
I try living by the prayer of St
Francis living to give instead of looking to receive
Today I have a new way of life free
from hopelessness anger guilt and remorse
I can now use my past to help others in
finding themselves in there recovery
The 12 steps of recovery are so freely
given us
God has many lessons to teach each and
every one of us
He will only teach us when we are ready
to accept His will for today
Everyday is a new beginning to try and
do Gods will for just this one simple day
Being human I still have many faults I
still am learning about
As the lessons continued the months
turned in years but still each day I have another lesson to learn about myself
and how I relate to life and how I relate to others
The lessons never stop life seems to
get better every day as long as I remember
Whose will I am doing just staying
sober and daily changing my life with His help?
Reaching out and given back what He and
this fellowship has given
Me freedom from the bottle and myself
Everyday we are given the opportunity
to learn a new lesson in life
If we ask God's help each morning to do
what is right
And thank Him at night for all our
blessings He has given us today
We will stay happy and sober
God bless each of you
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