Willing to Go to Any Length?

Often I think of the various lengths that I went to for drugs and alcohol, and to be honest, getting a buzz absolutely came first. I actually drove across state lines when there was no alcohol to get a drink. When I compare my addictive lifestyle to my recovery, I realize that one of them was absolutely necessary. What was I to decide? It all comes down to this: I either want to recover from this hopeless disease more than I want to continue the addiction. If recovery was to come first, I had to take as much action in recovery as I did in my addiction. If I even put 25% into my recovery as I did to getting the next drug or drink, I was probably going to be very successful.

Much like the decision about jumping into sobriety, what was it to be. Was I going to sit on the couch and try to catch recovery with the easier, softer way or was I going to get into action. Was I willing to humbly ask someone with a great program to be my sponsor? Was I willing to go to an hour AA meeting every day? (I drank more than an hour every day) Was I willing to make a phone call to contact someone in recovery every day. So simple but many are not willing unless they get to the desperate bottom of surrender and even then some may not. (Jails, Institutions, Death)

What you put into your recovery is what you get out of it. Do I have both feet in or one in and one out. Happiness, Freedom and a Glorious Life is a promise of going to any length. Wendy