June 10, 2023 – A

The 13th Step of Alcoholics Anonymous
is "After sobriety what?"

After sobriety is remarkably the same
as Before Addiction.

We couldn't handle it then,
how do we handle it now?

What has changed between
then and now?

Sobriety is about the right kind of 
perspective/perception.

Addiction is the path to seeing appropriately.
Which is to say,
addiction is the path to enlightenment.

To seeing what's what
and what needs to be done about it
in each situation as it arises--
and having the courage to do it,
time after time,
for the joy of doing it
and the satisfaction of having done it.
Period.

That is the adamantine ground/core of life.

If we cannot do that,
we live for diversion/distraction/denial,
i.e., addiction.

Because life is about seeing/doing
what needs to be done,
when, where and how it needs to be done
in all of the situations
and circumstances of living.

For no other reason
than because it needs to be done.

If we cannot/will not do that,
it's addiction to something all the way.

Perspective/perception is/are the key
to seeing/doing what needs to be done.

Enlightenment is the grounding foundation
of life as it needs to be lived,
which is doing what needs to be done
with the right attitude,
always and forever.

The formula is simple:
We get out of bed
and step into our life
and deal with what needs to be dealt with
when/where/how it needs to be done,
every day for the rest of our life.

Which can be shortened to "Deal with it." 

The 13th step.

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