12 steps to recovery: step 7- Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings

September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, so Health and Wellness Channel bloggers are discussing the twelve steps to recovery as it relates to our readers. I will be discussing step number 7…

Step 7 – Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings

Shortcomings: A failing or deficiency or a defect. And, humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less.

So once again relating this to diabetes…we are not asking God to change who we are but to allow us to understand our shortcomings enough that we can move forward from them.

Is having to eat a particular diet or having to prick your finger 4 times a day because your pancreas does not produce insulin a deficiency? I do not view it as a defect but rather a difference that allows you to take stock in your success.

Again, with my new MS diagnosis… how do I ask God to remove such a defect. I can’t, as that would be a miracle, but what I can do is ask God to allow me to use this disease in a way to better myself and learn and appreciate each and every day. The defect would actually be to think I have a defect and allow myself to fall into that emotional fear and anger. Does that make sense?

I am just different as each of us are. I offer you a prayer that goes along with step 7…