Dances With Defects

When I was drinking, my life was about getting things: getting the next drink, getting rich and famous, getting a girlfriend, getting really drunk. This continued when I became sober. I wanted to get through the Steps fast, so I could get those Promises or maybe just get back to drinking. So when I read those two paragraphs in the Big Book on Steps Six and Seven, I thought, "Hey, I can knock this off in one night. I'll throw out everything I don't need and God the garbageman will take it away so I never have to think about it again." I mouthed the prayer, "We have now completed Step Seven," and thought, "Okay, what do I get for getting through that?"