Self Centeredness......by definition: MY PERSONAL VISIT TO DR. BOB SMITH'S HOUSE, AKRON, OHIO SOBER AND SEXY BLOG

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I would like to take a little time to tell you about myself since I have not done this since I start blogging. I have battled addiction for 35 years since the age of thirteen starting with alcohol blocking feelings of not fitting in, not living up to my parents' standards, fear, anxiety. I did not grow up poor. Addiction is not discriminative. I also grew up in Akron, Ohio. The home of AA, how ironic is that? I did 21 stints in rehab, have had several sponsors, rapid trauma addiction therapy but it wasn't until God let me see the face of Satan did it turn my life around. I will now and will forever dedicate the rest of my life to helping others with this affliction, some way, some how. Would you be willing to help?

TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE

Today I am a grateful recovery alcoholic/addict. My life has never been better. When I was drinking and drugging for years and years my life was a nightmare and full of drama, chaos and consequences. I was what they called "functional" alcoholic addict for decades but was I really? As a grateful person in recovery I can see the promises coming true, one by one.

If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through.

We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.

We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.

We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.

No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.

That feeling of uselessness and self pity will disappear.

We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.

Self-seeking will slip away.

Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.

Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.

We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.

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.

3rd ed. Big Book pg. 83 & 84

The choice is ours...

The above excerpts are from the book titled, Alcoholics Anonymous.

This week I was so blessed to have a wonderful person in my life make it possible for me to take a tour of Dr. Bob Smith's house in Akron, Ohio. I grew up in Akron. I did not know then it was the home of a program that would help save my life some day. When you walk down the street and reach the front of his house there are twelve steps leading to the front porch. Coincidence or not??? Will we ever know.......

I walked into Dr. Bob's home and that's exactly what it was...........HOME. And the coffee was brewing.

As I walked up the twelve steps of Dr. Bob's house and entered the front door a sign hung that said "Welcome Home" and was welcomed by a most friendly tour guide.