I was told when I first got sober that those who relapse forgot how much they have suffered.
They think it will be different next time. They think they can stop using drugs and alcohol when it gets too bad.
I am a “one-timer”, so I don’t know what it’s like to relapse. I don’t want to suffer anymore.
I wouldn’t trade my sober life for anything.
God, please help me to want to be sober today more than anything else.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
Comparing what I have or don’t have with what others have only breeds discontent. It leads me away from gratitude.
My gratitude comes from comparing my life now with what it used to be like.
Living sober has led me down a road where I am no longer afraid, I have wonderful people in my life, and I have Hope for today.
I can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the rest of the world with my head held high.
Thank You God for giving me this life and for bringing me here.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
When I was broken, I lacked Faith. My lack of Faith was due to my weak soul.
By following people whose souls were strong, I used their Faith until I was able to find my own.
As I healed, life was not always an easy road but I have never encountered a difficulty that I couldn’t get through.
God has done for me what I could never do for myself.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
“Don’t give up before the miracle”.
I usually would hear that loud and clear when I was impatient and my life seemed to not get better.
But after witnessing the miracles in the lives of others and hearing their stories, I came to believe that there were miracles waiting for me.
I found that God Blesses me when I have Faith that He Will.
One foot in front of the other. One day at a time. There are miracles awaiting each of us.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
There will come a day when everything goes wrong and builds up to overwhelm me.
That is the day when I might want to give up, especially because it feels so unfamiliar and daunting.
That is the day when my Faith in God will be tested.
Between now and that day I had better work on deepening my connection with God.
Sometimes the only one who can save me from myself is God.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
“We admitted … that our lives had become unmanageable”.
Once I stopped drinking, I no longer had a drinking problem.
I have always had a thinking problem. Alcohol just adds gasoline to that fire.
I need to correct my thinking. My self-destructive tendencies will lead me to drink again.
I need to seek God’s Protection and Care to restore me to sanity.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
Sometimes my mind just goes too fast for my body. Turning off the noise seems impossible.
“First things first” comes to mind. I am not a machine. I operate as a human.
The tragedies that lie ahead have occurred only in my mind.
The failings of the past are in the past.
I need to allow myself to take care of now.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
I am an alcoholic. I didn’t choose to be, but that doesn’t matter. I will always be an alcoholic because it will never go away.
Normal people may never understand it, but I cannot just “drink a little bit”. I never drank just a little and I cannot stop once I start.
There are certain things that I must do to ensure that I remain sober. A connection with God is essential for me.
Beyond keeping me away from drinking, my connection with God helps me to live a purposeful life.
I wouldn’t have it any other way.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
I know what Hell looks like because I have been there.
I also know what it takes to get out of there because someone showed me the way out.
I don’t need to go back in to help the next person get out, but I need to be there when they ask for help getting out of their own Hell.
God will guide me.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
One of the most rewarding aspects of my journey is the opportunity to connect with others.
Making a soul connection with someone else reminds me that God lives in each of us.
We need each other.
I affirm that connection when I hug someone. I have found that a hug makes me feel love, joy, comfort, and humility all at once.
For me, a hug is an expression that is guided by God. It is a Gift.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.