Step Seven

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Step Seven


Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings.
~ Step Seven of Al-Anon


In the Sixth and Seventh Steps of the program, we become willing to let
go of our defects of character - issues, behaviors, old feelings,
unresolved grief, and beliefs that are blocking us from the joy that is
ours. Then we ask God to take them from us.

Isn't that simple? We don't have to contort ourselves to make ourselves
change. We don't have to force change. For once, we don't have to "do
it ourselves." All we have to do is strive for an attitude of
willingness and humility. All we have to do is ask God for what we want
and need, and then trust God to do for us that which we cannot do and
do not have to do for ourselves.

We do not have to watch with bated breath for how and when we shall
change. This is not a self-help program. In this miraculous and
effective program that has brought about recovery and change for
millions, we become changed by working the Steps.

Today, God, help me surrender to recovery and to the process by which I
become changed. Help me focus on the Step I need. Help me do my part,
relax, and allow the rest to happen.



The Language of Letting Go.