Prayer is the most powerful tool in
my arsenal, if men such as President
Ronald Reagan and House Speaker,
Newt Gingrich, claimed the power
of prayer, I also claim it. So the first
thing in the morning, I pray and ask
for the strength to stay sober today,
pray for my fellow veterans and for
this country of ours and give thanks
to be where I am today. Now I have
come to the conclusion, that my God
also wants me to initiate action and
help myself.
Through Alcoholics Anonymous I
found a sponsor of my liking, a net-
work of sober friends and of course
the professionals in the stay sober
business, at the Veterans Addiction
Program at the Veterans Hospital
here in Gainesville, Fl., all available
to me and the Alcoholics Anonymous
meetings I attend to unload my
frustrations. I no longer have to
keep all that guilt in me. I let it all out at a meeting and no one judges me, in fact they embrace me. I
think about these meetings as a
corporation does when they have
meetings. They discuss problems
the are having, ways to solve those
problems to achieve the corporations
goals.
I read the Big Book of Alcoholics
Anonymous where I find a story
about any problem I seem to be
having, with its solution.
I use my sponsor and my network
of sober friends I have made through
Alcoholics Anonymous and the
Veterans Program to bounce different
problems and scenarios off of. I akin
this to a master mind group, which
greater men than I have participated
in, to solve problems and enrich there
lives, so not being the brightest of the
bright, I jumped on the bandwagon.
I read the Bible to gain Gods insight
and direction. You see I don't believe
reading the bible is a religious thing,
its the insight of how my God desires
me to live in this universe, a guide
book which to meditate on, one verse
at a time. I am a slow learner.
Now with the tools mentioned, I
conquered alcohol today and the
barking dog in me sleeps before his
next attack.
I pray throughout the day, to keep him
sleeping, because I have come to
realize, that one lousy drink means
the whole bottle and the loss of
everything I have gained. I hate
the fact, that one drink will do this
to me, you see, I love to drink.
I recently meet a fellow Veteran that
opened up to me and said Al, I don't
really like you. I thought for a minute
and said, that OK, but can I ask why,
he stated, you smile to much. I didn't
answer and walked away. The power
of Prayer.
I have never meet anyone that bashes
Alcoholics Anonymous, but on the
Internet there are a few blogs doing so.
All I can say, is you have the right to
bash all you want, of course I will not
give you any space in my head, but I
wonder what is your motivation?, but
since I have entered the VA and AA
programs, they have thought me to
allow for others without judging them,
so I don't judge your motivation, I
will just pray for you. The power of
prayer may reveal your motivation to
you.
Author: Alden (Al) Morrison
