When we do for other people what they should do for themselves, we both stay stuck….
Most of us came into the program because we wanted someone else to change! Now we’re learning that the only change we can be certain of is one we make in ourselves. ~ Casey, Karen. A Life of My Own: Meditations on Hope and Acceptance (Hazelden Meditations Book 1) . Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition.

What did you expect to change
when you came into the Rooms of Recovery?
Was there someone else you wanted to be different?
Your mate? Your child? Your parents…at least one?
Your boss, your sister, your chum?
Or “merely” your bad habits, your addiction?
Are you now learning the only change
you can be certain of is one you make in yourself?
God, I once would have said you needed
to be different, but I was wrong about you…
and everyone else. Here I am, God,
ready to become who I need to be,
ready to “allow” you to lead the way.
Make it the truth, God, let it be
that I allow you to mold me into
who I need to be!
Take me, mold me
Use me, fill me,
I give my life into Your hands
Hold me, guide me
Walk beside me
I give my life to to Your control.