“We find that if we put top priority on spiritual growth, it is less likely that self-will and character defects will pull us down.”

– Life with Hope, first edition, page 60

At an MA meeting one member spoke up and said, “If the train isn’t moving there is no light at the end of the tunnel.” He was talking about how we have to work the program daily to keep our sobriety. When I came into these rooms I wanted to get clean and experience serenity. In my experience, only when I got active, got a sponsor, and worked the Steps, did I have a spiritual awakening and a lasting sobriety, one day at a time.

I was told that I can’t think myself into the right actions, I have to act my way into the right thinking, and the appropriate action is working the Steps. Faith is the key to open the door and board the Marijuana Anonymous Express. When I did, I was surrounded by commuters just like me on the way to a new life. I need to keep active in the program and get ready for what my Higher Power puts in my life.

My Higher Power is the conductor, my program is the train, and I am just a passenger. If the train isn’t moving there’s no light at the end of the tunnel.

Final thought: Today, I will get off the track of destruction, and ask my Higher Power to be the conductor!