Grace

As they are humbled by the terrific beating administered by alcohol, the grace of God can enter them and expel their obsessions.  12x12 - p64

Grace appears 23 times in the Big Book and 12x12.  It can defined in various ways, including pardon, reprieve and 'stay of execution'.  Where my disease was taking me was a slow, painful execution and grace is certainly a stay from that execution.  The Big Book says, "What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition".  It takes what it takes to get here (the beating administered by our disease) and it takes what it takes to stay here (maintenance of our spiritual condition).  Grace is a gift, just as humility is a gift.  And the only way to these gifts is to have the willingness to receive them. 

Thank you Spirit.   Thank you for the glimpses into each gift.  Thank you for the daily reprieve today.  Thank you for the miracle of recovery and the message of hope.  Thank you.