I'm Barbara F., an alcoholic.

I couldn't make my program work without faith in my Higher Power. Faith for me is trust that things will work out OK with my participation, not my interference. I get into trouble when I interfere; when I follow the path that is being laid out for me things go much better. I have also learned in this program that when my faith is lacking, I get into trouble. That is when I interfere with the flow of my day, of my life. When I woke up this morning, I got onto the computer as usual. I had several things to do, but wanted to get into my computer playtime. I rushed through the first thing (which was some Fourth Step work), and was on the next, when I heard glass break in the other room. I looked around and found a vase that had tipped over and crashed that I had to clean up. What about all the stuff I had to do! When I am stopped like that, I have learned that my Higher Power wants me to HALT, and pay some attention to what I am doing. That is how my faith expresses itself to me today. And I am so very grateful for those broken flower vases. In the old days, there wouldn't have been any flowers at all!

Thank you for the opportunity to share.