November 6

Humility is a by-product of getting Honest with ourselves. In other words, we don't get humble, humble gets us. We made a Decision in the Third Step to turn our Will and Lives over to the Care of the God of Our Understanding.

With this Decision comes the action to back up that Decision. The Principle of Surrender means we don't resist.

The Principle of Honesty also means that we align our actions to the Truth. In our Personal Assessments we work on removing the old and in with the new. Up to now we've been obstacles in our own Recovery.

The remove and replace Process in Living our Steps and Traditions Help us get out of our own way. We Help clear the path for God to reconstruct us. One of these Truths is that we on our own, cannot Recover by ourselves.

The Principle of Anonymity also means that we need our Higher Power; we need the Fellowship, and we need each other. Throughout our Step Process we learn how to get out of self and work with others. Asking God to remove our shortcomings will Help us get out of the way and let God work through us.

The more we Practice these Principles the less we practice our defects. Some of our shortcomings are removed, some are minimized, as we Practice the opposite of our defects. In Step Seven we open our Spiritual Tool Box and Practice these Principles with the Tools we are given, one of the results is Humility.