Rocking Chair Sobriety

A SHORT TIME ago, I was asked to lead a meeting on the Seventh Step. I decided to refresh my memory and took out my copy of Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions and began reading. I came across the statement concerning the Higher Power's being used as "a sort of bush-league pinch hitter, to be called upon only in case of emergency." I realized that was what I had been doing. I was no longer praying daily for God's will but was relying on my own will.