Daily Reflection January 2 - First, The Foundation

Daily Reflection,

January 2nd First,

The foundation.

Is sobriety all that we can expect of spiritual awakening?

No.

Sobriety is only a bare beginning.

As Bill sees it,

Page 8,

Practicing the AA program is like building a house.

First,

I had to pour a big,

Thick concrete slab on which to erect the house.

That to me was the equivalent of stopping drinking.

But it's pretty uncomfortable living on a concrete slab,

Unprotected and exposed to the heat,

Cold,

Wind,

And rain.

So I built a room on the slab by starting to practice the program.

The first room was rickety because I wasn't used to the work.

But as time passed,

As I practiced the program,

I learned to build better rooms.

The more I practiced,

And the more I built,

The more comfortable and happy was the home I now have to live in.