For Today: Reluctance to Ask for Directions

If you are reluctant to ask the way, you will be lost. - Malay Proverb

Today's reading is about discarding pride and arrogance in order to be willing to accept help.  The reader says:

If I knew what to do to arrest my illness, I wouldn't be here.  Recovery requires a change of ways, a willingness to go to any length.  I need to ask directions.  How do I stay abstinent?  How do I avoid becoming obsessed with diet and weight loss?  I have to ask questions, even when I think I know the answers - or perhaps, especially when I think I know the answers.   

Step by step, I will find my way, asking for help, using telephone numbers, getting a sponsor, listening and sharing at meetings.

I will do what is necessary to be restored to sanity.

For today:  May I continue to discard more of the pride and arrogance I put aside when I came in to OA and asked for help.

Today, I pray for willingness to work my program, even when it is hard, even when I am scared.