Living the Program

The Sea of Galilee is always giving what it receives. It’s always flowing. But the Dead Sea only receives and never gives. ~ Cahn, Jonathan. The Book of Mysteries (p. 73). Charisma House. Kindle Edition.

The Twelfth Step says, "Having had
a spiritual awakening
as the result of these Steps,
we tried to carry this message
to compulsive overeaters
and to practice these principles in all our affairs."
We must live the program
like the Sea of Galilee.
It receives the flow of the Jordan River
but releases it, sending it south
as full of life as it was received.
Some sixty-five miles later
that water, full of life
empties into the Dead Sea.
Instead of passing on the life-filled water
the Dead Sea does not share the life
but hoards it, killing it.
When we have worked the Steps
we must pass on the life we found
or the life we found in Recovery is snuffed out
for others but also for us.