Blockage

I sat down one morning, the end of April, 2011, and accidentally clicked “Edit Posts” rather than create. I found this from two months earlier that evidently I never posted. So I’ll read and finalize or toss it. Let’s see what happens…

Pipes get blocked. Blood vessels get blocked. Recovery gets blocked.

Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us. (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 64)

We hope you are convinced now that God can remove whatever self-will has blocked you off from Him. (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 71)

How does Recovery get unblocked? How do pipes and blood vessels get unblocked? A Roto-Rooter. Angioplasty. “If you have already made a decision, and an inventory of your grosser handicaps, you have made a good beginning. That being so you have swallowed and digested some big chunks of truth about yourself.” (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 71.) Steps Three and Four – for a start.

Obviously I would have elaborated further. But at this point I don’t see the need.

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