A TRAIN STATION CALLED
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
May I tell you what I was like for about 2 years as I hung around a train station called "The Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous"?
I was like a lot of people sitting around a railroad station (talking the talk) thinking I was on a train. Everybody was talking about travel (sober living by working the Steps), and I heard the names of stations like Serenity, Peace of Mind, Usefulness, a Sense of Direction, Release from Worry, Happiness, Freedom, etc. and I thought I had a ticket (attendance at plenty of meetings, learning how to talk the talk), and there was the smell of baggage around me (sober people, walking the walk, (not just dry like me) and a great deal of happiness (by those working the Steps and working with others), and as I sat there I thought I was on a train (emotionally sober).
But I wasn't. I was just physically sober and very, very dry. I only started to get emotionally sober when I first bought a ticket for my new life (making a decision to turn my will and my live over to the care of God, Step 3) and then by getting on the train (by doing Steps 4 & 5).
Then I got pulled out of the station (Steps 6,7,8 & 9), enroute to my destination, a spiritual awakening, Step 12. I didn't walk out of the station; I got pulled out by God's power. I couldn't get out of the station on my own power.
CAN YOU GET OUT OF THE STATION ON YOUR OWN POWER?