September 3, 2026 - Carry The Message

My thought for today is Carry The Message. I can do that in different ways. The most obvious ways are through service and sponsorship. Every time I sponsor an individual, I tell him or her what was told to me. I remember way back when I was a newcomer, I didn't want to hear any talk about God. I had been there, done that, and was not interested. One of the things I learned, from reading the Big Book and from listening to others share, was that in order to recover from alcoholism, I would need to find a Higher Power and to establish a relationship with that Power. That's the real message that was carried to me and the one I carry to others. When I talk to new people about that and they stop listening, I remember how I was and how patient my sponsor was with me. The twelfth step says we have a spiritual awakening as the result of doing the steps. An awakening implies that we must have been asleep. Know what I mean.