I am told that the automatic pilot in an airplane does not work by locking onto a course and stick­ing to it.

 Instead, it steers back and forth over the path of an assigned course and makes the neces­sary

corrections when it senses that it has strayed. In reality, the auto pilot is on course only 5 or 10

 percent of the time. The other 90 or 95 per­cent of the time, it is off course and correcting for its deviation.

I, too, must make continuous adjustments. I am much more willing to do so today because I have stopped expecting myself to be perfectly on course. I am bound to make plenty of mistakes, but with the help of the Al-Anon program, I am learning to accept mistakes as an inevitable parr of the adventure of living.

Today's Reminder

I can learn to steer the course my Higher Power sets by relying on a process of trial and error that includes a willingness to continually make adjust­ments.

"A person who makes no mistakes usually does not make anything."

Alcoholism, the Family Disease

March 1st

  Sometimes knowledge is not all it is cracked up to be. Naturally, it can be helpful to look at experiences for information about our relationships and ourselves. There is much to be learned from inventories, memories, and reasoning things out with others. However, waiting for insight can’t come an excuse to avoid action.

For example, some of us fall into the trap of trying to analyze alcoholism. We don't want to accept the reality of our circumstances because we haven't yet figured out the rhyme and reason of it. The fact is that alcoholism is an illogical disease we may never fully comprehend it. Nevertheless, we have an obligation to ourselves to accept the reality in which we live and to act accordingly.

Others want to ignore the spiritual nature of the Al-Anon program, waiting for a clear and comfortable understanding of a Higher Power. Many of us never attain that clarity, yet we man­age to develop rewarding relationships with a Power greater than ourselves by taking the action and praying anyway.

Today's Reminder

Information can be wonderfully enlightening, but it is not the answer to every problem. I will be hon­est about my motives today.

"If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are."