Simple as uncarved wood. ~ Tao Te Ching

They say the steps are simple. Not easy.
They’re not easy because we want to mess with them,
to interpret them, to clarify them, to improve them.
They take commitment, surrender, dedication,
the seriousness that comes at rope’s end,
at the last house on the block, when we know
the rest doesn’t work  for us. Oh, they work
for somebody, for lots of people perhaps,
but not for addicts like us. Who mess with things.
Who need to be in charge. Who hold to power.
Until, in desperation, we don’t.
Then it’s simple. Act as if. Go to any lengths.
Work the steps, no matter what.
Go to meetings. Use the tools.
Talk — and listen — to program people.
Then it’s simple. Not easy.
But something you never want to lose
so you do…whatever it takes.