With an Open Mind

…if you will read our literature and that of Alcoholics Anonymous with an open mind… ~ Overeaters Anonymous “Our Invitation to You”

“More will be revealed”
goes the legend of mysterious content
missing from the Big Book.
But if not the words, the truth is there…
if you will read our literature
and that of Alcoholics Anonymous
with an open mind…
How many times have we read them
though more often in a meeting
than in our living room, our office,
our private spot? How often do we read
and use the words to confirm, to pat our backs,
to jump to what we planned to say
even before we read? Reading
means more than mouthing words,
than reciting truths, than going through motions.
Reading the material with an open mind,
ready to hear, expecting communication,
knowing more will be revealed
if we just listen… THEN recovery is guaranteed
and the 12-step roadmap will lead us home.

gohome