December 29, 2008

An Inner Voice

Long before nagging and pressures from others
concerning my excessive use of alcohol made any impression on me,
the nagging voice of conscience -- my own inner voice of truth and right --
apprised me of the irrevocable fact that I had lost control of alcohol,
that I was powerless.
I know now that the inner voice was God, as I understand Him, speaking.
For, as I had been taught from earliest memory and as AA has emphasized,
God -- or good -- emanates from within each of us.









My inner voice at first told me I coule keep everything under control. Gradually, I knew that voice was lying to me. So I knew it was out of control long before I admitted it. Trying to change my behavior, and failing each time, taught me that lesson well.