March 24

”Nothing hath separated us from God but our own will, or rather our own will is our separation from God.” William Lau

In looking at our past, at our compulsive behaviours and how it controlled our lives, we usually discover that we have put effort into a power greater than ourselves – our addiction. In doing so, we’ve likely stopped most of the activities that help us stay connected to our Higher Power, be it God, Mother Nature, the Universe…most of our energy has gone into feeding our addiction. Not only have we lost our connection to our spiritual centre, we have likely lost many of our favourite activities and friends due to the all-consuming nature of our addictive behaviour. This is why finding things to put into our outer circle is so important; we need to find ways to re-establish a healthy and complete life. Working the 12 Steps will help us to release the old ways of living and free us to restart doing the things that gives us our connection to our Higher Power. We can make the conscious decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of a power greater than ourselves and trust that this will lead us back to sanity.

Affirmation I will give today over to my Higher Power and let His will guide my actions.