What Would I Change If It Were Easy?
I've heard people ask the question, "What would I do if I wasn't afraid?" and that's a hard one for me to wrap my mind around, because I'm not always conscious of my fears. I was talking to an OA fellow earlier this week. She'd asked to meet me for coffee to expand on something I'd shared in a meeting recently about some recent changes to my abstinence (which, by the way are going great, and I'm resisting the urge to stop doing all the prayer that is making it go great!). She's in the food, not sure what she wants, not sure what she should do. What should her abstinence be? What should her food plan be? How should she be working with a sponsor? These are all uncertainties in her mind. I learned early in program that change comes in three steps: We ask God for the knowledge of what we should do We ask for the willingness to do it We ask for the ability to do it I love this because it breaks it down into three parts, and in cases ...
