Step 3 and the Blank List of Problems with Higher Power – Dave
About This Speaker Tape
August 1981, Phoenix. Dave is crawling into a bathroom, lifting himself up by the sink to stare into a mirror and call himself a SOB. This was the loop: the warmth of Amaretto stopping the shakes, the blackout, and the inevitable wake-up call in a bathroom. He lived the life of "lower companionship," drifting from the projects to a 1973 Pinto where the steering wheel left a pony logo embedded in his forehead. He describes a marriage that lasted three hours and a detox fueled by "the blue ones."
After years of playing the "Dave Show" in meetings—learning the AA code and blowing smoke—he hit a wall. His sponsor, Dick, a mean man who refused to indulge his "deeply wounded inner child," forced him to stop pretending. Dave's turning point came with a blank list of problems with a Higher Power. He stopped the half-measures, fell out of bed, and surrendered. He found that recovery is a three-legged stool: recovery, unity, and service.
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