tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post265168820116401780..comments2024-01-16T05:48:40.398-07:00Comments on Being Sober: Step SevenMary Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08156474205414127488noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-67596545113395416852008-11-20T00:39:00.000-07:002008-11-20T00:39:00.000-07:00A very apt analogy indeed. This is something that...A very apt analogy indeed. This is something that will stick with me.<BR/><BR/>So how do I order those signed cd's? ;)Just Another Sober Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14850531488095008131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-60984734632147738862008-11-16T08:15:00.000-07:002008-11-16T08:15:00.000-07:00Still talking to The BIG GUY. Thank you. jeNNStill talking to The BIG GUY. Thank you. jeNNbig Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539934994452947108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-50953241951729369522008-11-16T02:59:00.000-07:002008-11-16T02:59:00.000-07:00Thank you for this post. I think that 6 and 7 are...Thank you for this post. I think that 6 and 7 are the most beautiful of steps, with many hidden delights.Findonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08029106119199508890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-68554832368649423892008-11-15T20:54:00.000-07:002008-11-15T20:54:00.000-07:00Never saw the Pieta f2f...and your photo of M/A' s...Never saw the Pieta f2f...and your photo of M/A' sculpture is SO relevant to so many things going on today. I have trouble being so sorrowful for so many wrongs in our world, at the same time being so HAPPY with the gifts God has bestowed on me--us!!steveronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17498524940140288735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-91626692129891604042008-11-15T15:32:00.000-07:002008-11-15T15:32:00.000-07:00series of tapes huh; I'm so going to use that! I u...series of tapes huh; I'm so going to use that! I use to tell people that I once chaired a meeting on humility and ran it over 10 minutes!<BR/><BR/>Great analogy from Michelangelo; never thought of the seventh step that way. One thing I always like to mention when discussing the seventh step is that God does all the heavy lifting; we remain willing in the sixth. Depending on how humble I can approach my prayers in the morning (genuine and heartfelt) is generally how well I do during the day.It truly determines the quality of my sobriety. Oh, and I saw the Pieta at St. Peter's years ago and it is magnificent. Quality MC.<BR/>Dave from MarylandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-44808359076010109192008-11-15T14:05:00.000-07:002008-11-15T14:05:00.000-07:00When I look at that scupture I could cry at it's b...When I look at that scupture I could cry at it's beauty.Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09496172669599418214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-75709590066378872712008-11-15T13:35:00.000-07:002008-11-15T13:35:00.000-07:00That's no crappy analogy, that's beautiful example...That's no crappy analogy, that's beautiful example of letting go. Letting go of all the shit we have carried around and self manifested and smeared all over creation. Now that's a crappy analogy.Scott Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361224878660334532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-76431239291794779342008-11-15T13:31:00.000-07:002008-11-15T13:31:00.000-07:00Thank you so much for sharing your experience, str...Thank you so much for sharing your experience, strength and hope. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with the steps. I really NEED this help. You rock!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-26589923304075924332008-11-15T11:53:00.000-07:002008-11-15T11:53:00.000-07:00"Humbly asked God to remove..." OH! What a load wa..."Humbly asked God to remove..." OH! What a load was taken off my shoulders, when I finally realized that "God was doing for me what I could not do for myself." How wondrous, that He has spared me the anguish, the torment, the shameful procrastination, of getting rid of all my anti-social behaviors--because I sure could not, would not, DID not!<BR/><BR/>Thank You, God! <BR/><BR/>And thank you, Mary Christine, for taking on this service of remnding us all--me--that, which is our real Alcoholics Anonymous Program, our beautiful Twelve Steps. <BR/><BR/>After all, they were given to us, in much the same manner the Ten Commandments were delivered to those waaaay back when. There was no visible fire, shining on our gift<BR/>..only that unquenchable fire in our bodies filled with alcohol.steveronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17498524940140288735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-87201716125883996522008-11-15T11:23:00.000-07:002008-11-15T11:23:00.000-07:00Wow...thank you for the analogy. I often look at ...Wow...thank you for the analogy. I often look at myself as a gem with rough edges and it's with God's work that I soften the edges to become a gem with clarity.<BR/><BR/>Thank you<BR/>GabiAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15127343815869529555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-77972923207133970042008-11-15T11:19:00.000-07:002008-11-15T11:19:00.000-07:00And this may be why you are a rock to so many.And this may be why you are a rock to so many.dAAvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10378341182741173178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-41352512921137659142008-11-15T07:48:00.000-07:002008-11-15T07:48:00.000-07:00that was so excellent little pineapplethat was so excellent little pineapplePammiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00513814300181006348noreply@blogger.com