If asked what the two most important things in recovery are,
I would have to say willingness and action.
I was willing to believe that AA was telling me the truth.
I wanted to believe it was true in a way I cannot relate in words.
I wanted this thing to work.
Then I began to take the course of action prescribed.
Following the principles laid out in the Big Book has not always been comfortable,
nor will I claim perfection.
I have yet to find a place in the Big Book that says,
"Now you have completed the Steps;
Have a nice life."
The program is a plan for a lifetime of daily living.

Thought to Ponder....

If faith without works is dead;
then willingness without action is fantasy.

Recovery Related Acronym

A C T I O N = Any Change Toward Improving One's Nature.