Author: Dennis W.

When things slow down for me a bit I need to enjoy the peace that comes with it. I don’t want drama. I don’t want noise.

I’m sure that something will come along and get my attention, but in the meantime I will try to be calm and know that I deserve it.

This is the perfect time to thank God. This is the perfect time to reflect on what I have experienced and what it means.

This is the perfect time to ask God what he wants from me. Then I need to listen and wait.

The answer will come.

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

When I got sober, I had no idea what was in store for me.

I was told to keep coming, keep showing up. I was told that I would get better and thus my life would get better.

No one could tell me what my life would be like. That was up to God to reveal to me over time.

They said things like “Beyond our wildest dreams”. I wasn’t so sure, but it sounded better than what I had been getting.

They were so right. The life I have been Blessed with is beyond what I ever could have imagined.

I can’t say it has been always easy. I can say it has been worth the price of admission.

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

I cannot live my life to please everyone, nor for everyone to please me. Someone will be disappointed, someone will get a resentment, including me.

If I consistently try to treat others with respect and decency, that is the least I can do. If I go out of my way to help others get through difficulties, that is even better.

I must keep reasonable expectations of myself and of others.

I must let my conscious contact with God be my guide.

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

I have heard people in recovery say that they would die if they ever relapsed.

The truth is that each of us will die someday. My fear is that I wouldn’t die soon enough and instead I would suffer unnecessarily for a long time beforehand.

By the Grace of God I have no desire to drink or use drugs today. That can always change. After all this time, I am not cured.

I must attend to my Spiritual Condition every day. That way I can face each day with Hope and Gratitude.

Thank God for God.

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

Alcoholics don’t need a reason to drink. We’re alcoholic – we drink for no reason. Our developed nature is to use alcohol to change our feelings, whether they are good or bad feelings. 

Alcohol brings us comfort – followed by Hell.

The scary part for us is that, unlike normal people, once we start we cannot stop. The progression over time eventually takes on a life of its own. We often don’t see it coming. We need alcohol to function.

However, once I stopped, staying stopped is the challenge. I need to approach each day differently.

That’s where a reliance upon God comes in. Until I turn to God for help, I am doomed to a life of suffering.

One day at a time. One moment at a time. Each day the same way.

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

Miracles have a tendency to compound themselves. Something unlikely happens which opens the door for God to do His Work.

My life was spared as the result of a series of unlikely events. I see it as a miracle.

By following God’s Guidance and living sober, I have found a life worth living.

As much as I have been tested, I have never given up on this life. God continues to deliver His Blessings as long as I have faith and never give up.

Some of the greatest Blessings of my life are my children. 

As God’s Plan unfolds in my life, I have been able to watch their lives unfold as well.

My daughter is getting married today.

So, the miracle of my life has opened the door for my daughter’s life. I pray that God continues to Bless us.

Congratulations Gabe and Erika.

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

I don’t know what I don’t know. Everything I know I had to learn.

Until I learned how to live without fear, fear drove my thoughts, feelings, and actions. I didn’t even realize it at the time.

Now I see it. Now, I need to recognize my fears and turn them over to God. It takes practice.

I never know how things will turn out, but trusting God always brings me comfort.

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

God answers my prayers. 

Not on my terms, but His.

Not in my time, but His.

So, if I get impatient with God and feel like giving up, I need to look around me. 

Perhaps what I’m praying for has already been answered. 

Perhaps I’m so self-involved that I didn’t notice.

The answers to my prayers don’t come in an Amazon delivery with my name on it. 

They usually are delivered anonymously through others. 

They often are delivered when I’m not paying attention.

I must have an open mind and an open heart to see all of what God has done for me. 

I don’t always get what I want, but I always get what I need.

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

There’s no right way to do the wrong thing. If it doesn’t feel right, I have to look at my motives.

Sometimes doing the right thing is the hardest.

Of course I can justify anything in my mind and convince myself with a good argument. But if I’m honest with myself, I can see right through it.

My conscience never takes a day off. So, I need to ask “Is this what God would want?”.

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

The world isn’t going to change for me. I need to change.

I must look at what disturbs me and why. Then I need to ask God for His Help for me to change my attitude and perspective.

God will show me opportunities to change. I must be willing.

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