Author: Dennis W.

I don’t know all of the answers. I don’t even know all of the questions. None of us do.

But I have discovered that when I ask God for help with any problem, I get the answers. The answers may or may not be what I want.

God always answers my prayers. Usually He delivers the answers through others. If I keep an open mind it becomes clear to me.

Sometimes the answer is “Yes”. 

Sometimes the answer is “No”.

Sometimes the answer is “You’re not ready”.

I need to listen for the answers.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.

Many people think that staying clean and sober is a matter of willpower. Those who have been successful at it will say the opposite is true.

I need to surrender to my disease. I am powerless over alcohol and drugs.

Every time I enter the ring with alcohol or drugs I wind up defeated. I don’t need to get my ass kicked any more. I get it.

My willpower is now used to hit my knees and pray for help, go to a meeting, talk to another alcoholic, and hit my knees to thank God for carrying me for another day.

This is the “secret” to staying sober.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.

Until I came to believe in a “Power Greater than Ourselves”, my chances of getting sober were slim.

God did not shout down from the heavens to me. He did not show His face to me. I needed to find Hope and Faith in order to believe.

God shows His Presence to me through others. He shows Himself to me by restoring my soul. I can feel it.

If I insisted upon a tangible image of God as a condition of my belief, I would have died miserably.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.

“When one door closes, another door opens”. 

I have heard that so many times. I hate hearing it, but it’s true.

I have hit dead-ends in my journey.  I want what I used to have, but I can’t have it anymore. It’s not within my power to change, so I have to accept it.

Sometimes I need to change course. Sometimes it’s humiliating. Sometimes it’s a sign from God.

Every time, another opportunity comes around. Every time, a new purpose for me emerges.

Finding the next open door is the challenge. It requires faith. God has not carried me this far to just abandon me.

God always has a Purpose for me. I just have to find it and get used to it.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.

Every time I learn about someone committing suicide, it touches me personally. I don’t look at it from afar, but rather it brings me back because I was there.

For over ten years I had daily thoughts of killing myself. I felt inadequate, self-loathing, and not deserving of anything good.

Using alcohol and drugs suppressed those feelings, so much that I was physically incapable of following through.

Eventually, I came to the end. My soul was barren. I decided where, when, and how. I told no one.

Four days prior to my planned end, I got an unexpected phone call from an unexpected angel. What followed changed the course of my life.

I have learned that my life is worth something to God, that God will decide when He is ready for it to end.

We are each capable of accepting and receiving God’s Love.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.

What’s not my fault is still my problem.

Life deals us circumstances that we don’t want. Our attitude determines the weight of that burden.

It doesn’t matter what causes the trouble. It could be anything or anyone.

What I choose to do next is up to me and no one else. I can turn any challenge into an opportunity to grow or an excuse to shrink.

Faith in God’s Care gives me the courage to face what life throws at me.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.

Turning my will and my life over to the Care of God was a concept that I couldn’t easily understand.

What I simply needed to do was decide to do it. After the decision was made, I tried to not fight God’s Will and trust that I would be ok. My fate is in God’s Hands.

So far it has worked. So far I have been ok.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.

I don’t know if I would ever have the opportunity to get sober again if I decided to resume drinking.

I was not inspired to stop drinking in the first place. I was desperate and saw little hope in continuing to live.

Now that I have been living a sober life, I still need to remember where I have been and how I got here. 

I need to remain desperate.

Asking for God’s Help, accepting His Will, trying to get better as a person, and helping others all keep me sober.

Daily practice keeps me sober.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.

Making mistakes is part of my journey. Correcting my mistakes is also part of my journey.

As difficult as it may be when I am wrong, I must recognize and admit my mistakes. It’s the only way for me to move forward and learn.

I have to try to get better every day. Being honest with myself and with others is a requirement.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.

Every day I have a choice – to move closer to God or move farther from God.

Although God is always with me, when I resist His Guidance the day tends to be more difficult. When I accept God’s Guidance the day tends to be easier.

Every day I continue on this journey. Every day I get to choose the path to take.

God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.