Gifts From God – Step 9 Courage (Part 1)

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I never liked the very thought of having to do this step. It didn’t bother me in my early days of involvement in a 12-step program. That was because, in the early days, I only did the steps in a cursory way, if at all. When I finally realized that doing these steps would save my life, actually, at the time I realized they were the only things that would save my life, I read, got help, and began to take the steps seriously.

 Of course, I had read the book, and I knew what steps were coming next. It was hard enough to do step eight, just thinking about all of folks I had harmed, no less facing the prospect of actually going to see them face-to-face. However, if I had learned nothing else, I definitely learned about the power of God, and how much it was available to me after my surrender in the first three steps. I had all of that power with me when I had to finally face those people I harmed. That didn’t make it much easier, but it made it bearable!