How do you keep it simple in recovery? As alcoholics and addicts, most of us are very good at complicating matters. For me, when I complicate things, whatever the situation, I have to rely on the steps, the program and my higher power to help me keep it simple. That usually means picking up the phone, calling another alcoholic. And of course, I turn to the third step, turning my life and my will over to a higher power. How about you? What do you do to keep it simple?
"LET'S KEEP IT SIMPLE"
A few hours later I took my leave of Dr. Bob. . . . The wonderful, old, broad smile was on his face as he said almost jokingly, "Remember, Bill, let's not louse this thing up. Let's keep it simple!" I turned away, unable to say a word. That was the last time I ever saw him.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE, p. 214
After years of sobriety, I occasionally ask myself: "Can it be this simple?" Then, at meetings, I see former cynics and skeptics who have walked the A. A. path out of hell by packaging their lives, without alcohol, into twenty-four-hour segments, during which they practice a few principles to the best of their individual abilities. And then I know again that, while it isn't always easy, if I keep it simple, it works.
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