Lyrics

I Wanna Fly by Erron Ranville

I’m going to lay my weight down at your feet
And rest here for a while
I’m feeling low, Lord I feel defeat
I feel I’ve just walked my last mile
So I’ll rest here for a while
I’m hiding from the street

I’ve been to church, Lord I’ve been to school
But I couldn’t find You there
But I defied them, I broke all the rules
I just didn’t seem to care
When I couldn’t find You there
Oh Lord, I’ve been a fool

I wanna fly like a free bird flies
There’s a blue sky calling me
Then I know that I’ll always be
In the shelter of Your smile
You are with me all the while
Waiting patiently

Some call it karma, some folks call it fate
They say one day you’ll understand
When you’re down its all one big mistake
Lord I finally understand
You can take me by the hand
And lead me all the way

I wanna fly like a free bird flies
There’s a blue sky calling me
Then I know that I’ll always be
In the shelter of Your smile
You are with me all the while
Waiting patiently

I wanna fly like a free bird flies
There’s a blue sky calling me
Then I know that I’ll always be
In the shelter of Your smile
You are with me all the while
Waiting patiently

In the shelter of Your smile
You are with me all the while
Waiting patiently

STEP 2

How to take it: (Suggestions)

a) Take this step with a member of the group.

b) Read each question out loud, mark yes or no to each one; and

c) If you are convinced of each question, you will be feeling comfortable with Step 2, and     should move to the next step.

What should I do if I’m not convinced?

a) Let a member of the group know of your problem. Review the step with him/her.  Pin       point the part of the step you are having problems with.  BE HONEST!

b) Go back to the previous Step, perhaps the problem is there.  “Am I sincerely convinced     of Step 1?”

c) Read and re-read the chapter which carries the main thrust on Step 2, Chapter 4, “We       Agnostics,” pages 44-57.  Read it 100 times if necessary.

d) Go to as many meetings as possible hearing and listening for the words that will help        convince you.

What I am convinced of when I say:

“CAME TO BELIEVE THAT A POWER GREATER THAN OURSELVES COULD RESTORE US TO SANITY.”

1. I am convinced that I have to find a power, other than human power, to replace the power of alcoholism. YES___NO___

2. I am convinced that my own code of morals or philosophy of living is insufficient.   I cannot stay comfortable on a continuing basis, my way (because of alcoholism).  YES___NO___

3. I am convinced that my human intelligence is not enough to keep me continually comfortable on my own (because of alcoholism).  YES___NO___

4. I am convinced my idea that self-sufficiency would solve my problems did not work.  Self-sufficiency means staying comfortable without help. YES___NO___

5. I am convinced I never gave the spiritual life a fair hearing on a constant and continuing basis.  Spiritual means believing in some power other than human power.

YES___NO___

6. I am convinced that lack of power was my dilemma.  My own will power, so far as alcoholism is concerned, is nil.  I cannot stop using addictions and feel comfortable on will power alone (because of alcoholism).  YES___NO___

7. I am convinced that believing in a “Power greater than ourselves” is a strength, not a weakness. YES___NO___

8. I am convinced that constantly believing in a “Power greater than ourselves” will give me purpose and direction in life, without addictions.  Constant means each and every day and sometimes many times during the day. YES___NO___

9. I am convinced that in the final analysis only I can tap the Power that’s available to us all. I believe that deep down in me is the fundamental idea of God.  I have to find the Great Reality deep down within myself. YES___NO___

10. I am convinced that a constant belief in a “Power greater than ourselves” will eventually take away or remove my obsession to use addictions.  Obsession means the thought or idea that somehow, someday I will control and return safely to my addictions.

YES___NO___

11. I am convinced that, when the obsession that I can go back to my addiction has been taken away or removed, I have been restored to sanity. It’s the thought and ideas before using that is the insanity of my thinking. YES___NO___

12. I am convinced that probably no human power could have relieved my alcoholism

(Page 60).  YES___NO___

13. I am convinced that God could and would if He were sought.  I have to make the effort (Page 60).  YES___NO___

14. I am convinced when thousands of AA’s throughout the world say that the presence of this Power is today the most important fact of their lives, I believe. YES___NO___

15. I am convinced that I have to ask for help everyday and sometimes many times during the day if I am to re-create my life. YES___NO___

NOTES:

STEP 1

How to take it: (Suggestions)

a) Take this step with a member of the group.

b) Read each question out loud, mark yes or no to each one; and

c) If you are convinced of each question, you will be feeling comfortable with

    Step 1, and should move to the next step.

What should I do if I’m not convinced?

a) Let a member of the group know of your problem. Review the step with him/her.  Pinpoint the part of the step you are having problems with.  BE HONEST!

b) Prior to Step 1 I had to be willing to go to any length!  Am I sincere?

c) Read and re-read the chapter which carries the main thrust on Step 1, namely, “More About Alcoholism,” pages 30-43.  Read it 100 times if necessary.

d) Go to as many meetings as possible hearing and listening for the words that will help convince you.

What I am convinced of when I say:

“WE ADMITTED WE ARE POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOLISM – THAT OUR LIVES HAD BECOME UNMANAGEABLE.”

1. I am convinced that I have lost the ability to control my addiction(s). I cannot guarantee what will happen once I engage in them because of my alcoholism. YES NO 

2. I am convinced that I have lost the power to choose whether I will engage in my addictions or not; I can’t rely on my own will power to stop myself from using them, because of my alcoholism.

YES           NO

3. I am convinced that I have an illness or disease called alcoholism.  I’m sick spiritually, mentally, and physically, but I can get well.  Spiritually sick means excessive thought of self, self-centred, self-will run riot.  Mentally sick means the thought or idea I will somehow, someday control and enjoy my addiction(s). Physically sick means I have an allergy, a craving for more develops with each use. YES        NO   

4. I am convinced my alcoholism is progressive if I continue to use or not; it always gets worse over any considerable period of time, never better.

YES         NO

5. I am convinced my alcoholism can only end in insanity or premature death if I continue to use addictions and do not treat my alcoholism.  Like cancer, it’s a consumer of mind and body. YES       NO    

6. I am convinced my alcoholism is incurable, but it can be arrested by complete abstinence from addictions of any type and by treating the illness.

“Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic.” YES       NO  

7. I am convinced I have to stop from starting to use my addictions to treat my alcoholism. YES           NO   

8. I am convinced that I cannot treat my alcoholism on self-knowledge alone.

YES      NO 

9. I am convinced that I can never use addictions safely again.  I have to treat my alcoholism.  YES       NO    

10. I am convinced that I have to stop using so I can treat my alcoholism one day at a time (Just for today). YES         NO    

11. I am convinced that despite any time I can achieve such as one week, one month, six months, one year, five years, ten or twenty years, if I pick up and use the first addiction again, I would, in a short time, be in the same or worse condition than I was when I quit the last time because I did not treat my alcoholism. YES        NO  

12. I am convinced that I can only be defeated by an attitude of intolerance or belligerent denial – closed mind (From Spiritual Experience” Page 569). YES     NO    

13. I’m convinced that willingness, honesty, and open mindedness are the essentials of recovery.  These are indispensable (Page 570).  YES        NO 

14. I’m convinced that I would remain in everlasting ignorance if I was to have contempt for the complete program of recovery before I investigated (Page 570).  YES    NO      

15. I’m convinced that alcoholism is the major unmanageable thing in my life.  By treating my alcoholism, I have a fighting chance with my personal relationships, my emotions, my feelings of uselessness, my fears and my unhappiness (Page 52).  YES    NO 

  

16. I’m convinced of the reality of my condition, not the way I think it is or the way I would like it to be.  The reality is that I am powerless over alcoholism.  The medical word for a person who has this condition of mind and body is alcoholic.  YES    NO    

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