Daily Reflection

MARCH 17
MYSTERIOUS WAYS
. . . out of every season of grief or suffering when the hand
of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living
were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered,
and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God
does "move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform."
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 105
After losing my career, family and health, I remained
unconvinced that my way of life needed a second look. My
drinking and other drug use were killing me, but I had never
met a recovering person or an A.A. member. I thought I was
destined to die alone and that I deserved it. At the peak of
my despair, my infant son became critically ill with a rare
disease. Doctors' efforts to help him proved useless. I
redoubled my efforts to block my feelings, but now the
alcohol had stopped working. I was left staring into God's
eyes, begging for help. My introduction to A.A. came
within days, through an odd series of coincidences, and I
have remained sober ever since. My son lived and his
disease is in remission. The entire episode convinced me of
my powerlessness and the unmanageability of my life.
Today my son and I thank God for His intervention.