The greatest gift that my recovery has given me is the Promises. I needed to know that the work I was expected to do for my recovery would revolutionize my life. These are the promises as listed in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.
1) If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are halfway through.
2)We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
3)We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
4)We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.
5)No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
6)That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.
7)We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.
8)Self-seeking will slip away.
9)Our whole attitude and outlook on life will change.
10)Fear of people and economic insecurity will leave us.
11)We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.
12)We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us – sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.
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Robert Pardon
Robert is the Recovery Guy. Getting clean and sober on April 25, 1986 has given me the insight and practical skill set to not only stay sober, but to also re-invent myself to the person I always wanted to become. Showing others how to do this is my life goal.
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