With over 10 years in Alanon, Brian found himself struggling. Every day was a challenge. He asked a long-time member to be his sponsor and work with him through the steps again. In that process, he found a new kind of acceptance. He shares his journey and how his practice of acceptance helped him approach Step 7 in which, as he describes it, his Higher Power did not remove the defects he wanted removed but how the process brought change within him anyway.
“Humbly is that key word. Humbly means I have a right-sized understanding of who I am and who I’m not…I recognize I’m a human being like everyone else… I’m lovable as I am… And to me, asking [my Higher Power] humbly, I’ve got to understand who I am and who I am in relation to [my Higher Power]… [So] Humbly asking [my Higher Power] to remove my shortcomings has much more to do with my thinking than it has to do with my list of assets and defects.’
Step 7: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings
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