“Once the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically.”— Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 64
Some of us came in thinking way too small. Not because we lacked ambition, but because we were exhausted and managing wreckage. Our goals were simple: get through today, don’t drink, don’t make things worse. Some would say, “It gets better. Then it gets good. Then it gets real good.” Real good sounded like it was meant for someone else.
But sobriety widens the lens. Hadn't we been finally sleeping through the night, laughing again, and finding hope in this new way of living? Now, we can make decisions we don’t have to hide from. Gratitude showed up unexpectedly. Peace is becoming familiar. We are beginning to feel useful, connected, and at comfortable in our own skin — even when life isn’t perfect.
In this new way of living, we come to understand whatever you are imagining for your life right now is too small. Not because we are failing, but because we are just getting started. God isn’t rationing grace — we are the ones living with a thimble next to an ocean.
We don’t have to figure it all out. Our job is simple: show up sober, one day at a time. That’s the ticket through the gate of an abundant life. On the other side isn’t just survival — it’s a life bigger and more peaceful than anything we could have imagined.
Turns out, we aren’t aiming too high. We are aiming too low.
When you first got sober, what did you think life would look like — and how has it grown beyond that?
