Alcoholics Anonymous/Twelve-step Suite
Part 10: Restraint
Freedom calls my name,
serenity keeps me sane.
Happiness, it dulls the pain!
Honest to see my place,
open to other ways.
Willingness to understand!
Justice but do not judge,
courtesy for others' flaws.
Kindness, it's not that hard!
Self-restraint of tongue and pen.
Inventory, my daily friend.
Analysis let down your guard!
Look in the mirror,
what do you see?
The shattered fortress
that once bound me.
Faithful ascent
through darkest fires,
I've found the path
to take me higher.
You're smart enough
for me to trust,
go live your life now.
Just keep these
steps in your life,
and you'll know how.
If you're not
sure ask yourself,
"Have I done to them as
I would have them do to me?"
Look in the mirror,
what's that you see?
The shattered fortress,
fly now be free.
Faithful ascent
through darkest fires.
I've found the path
to take me higher.
I once thought it
better to be right,
but now I have finally
seen the light.
Sometimes you've got to be
wrong and learn from mistakes,
I live with serenity now
not self-righteous hate.
Part 11: Receive
"Help me be a channel of thy peace!
That where there is
hatred I may bring love,
that where there is wrong I may
bring the spirit of forgiveness.
That where there is
discord I may bring harmony,
that where there is error
I may bring truth.
That where there is doubt,
I may bring faith"
Now that you can see
all you have done...
"That where there is
despair I may bring hope,
that where there are shadows
I may bring light."
It's time to take
that step into the kingdom...
"That where there is
sadness I may bring joy"
All your sins will help
to make you strong...
"That I may seek rather to
comfort than to be comforted,
that I may seek to understand
than to be understood."
...and help you break
right through the prison wall.
"That I may seek to love
rather than to be loved,
for it is by self-forgetting
that one finds it is by forgiving
that one is forgiven."
Keep all of me,
the desires that once
burned me deep inside.
Help me live today
and help to give me grace
to carry out your way.
I am ready,
help me be
all I can be!
I am ready,
help guide me
and keep me free.
Part 12: Responsible
I am responsible
when anyone, anywhere
reaches out for help.
I want my hand to be there!
I am responsible
when anyone, anywhere
reaches out for help.
I want my hand to be there!
