Author: Dennis W.

I used to wake up every day with a feeling of “impending doom” – that the day was somehow going to be horrible. It was mostly the sense that I would not be able to handle what would come my way.

I didn’t even know what I feared. It was just the absence of peace.

I don’t feel that way anymore. I also know that I’m not alone.

No day has ever been as bad as I projected it would be.

No problem has ever been so big that I couldn’t get to the other side of it.

I have found a deep faith that I am going to be ok no matter what happens, as long as I ask God for help and do the right thing.

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

I have been given the opportunity to turn my life around and live a new life.

I did not see it when it began. I got better every day and started to follow a different path.

I want to live this way. I don’t want my old way of living to return.

Every day I remember where I have been – and how I got here.

It’s only by the Grace of God.

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

It’s always good for me to stop and appreciate what others have done for me, and what God has done for me.

For people like me, the turnaround in our lives is improbable. We have received so much more than we ever deserved.

Living the right way has its rewards but I had to be shown by others and led by God.

Paying it forward is the best way for me to show my gratitude.

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

If I try to get better each day, there is a chance …

… that I can live without my fears directing my thoughts and actions…

… that I will never consider giving up …

… that I can pay attention to the little things in my life …

… that I can be gentle with myself and with others …

… that I can appreciate the people in my life …

… that I will live gratefully for all of the Blessings in my life.

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

Here are some inescapable truths about myself…

I am powerless over alcohol and my life had become unmanageable.

My powerlessness and unmanageability begin with my thoughts… progress into patterns of feelings… which turn into actions to soothe the feelings.

Alcohol took away those feelings until it stopped working. No amount of alcohol could relieve my discomfort.

The thoughts, feelings, and actions are central to my alcoholism – not the substances.

Once the substances have been removed, I am left with my alcoholism. That is the root of my problem.

Belief and trust in God solves that problem – nothing else.

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

I see the change in others more easily than I see the change in my self. It seems that I don’t notice the change in myself because it manifests gradually.

What I do see in others is the result of God’s Grace. If I look closely enough, I see God within them.

What I see in myself is the overwhelming realization that I am Blessed beyond my own comprehension.

Connecting with others helps me to see God.

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

Only a sober alcoholic knows how difficult it is to stop drinking and stay stopped.

Alcohol had become the single most important thing in my life, so much that I had put alcohol before everything.

It wasn’t just a “bad habit” – it was a way of living.

It was as much of a spiritual affliction as it was physical and mental addiction.

So, as much as I had to overcome the physical and mental addiction, I had to find and develop a spiritual solution.

Other alcoholics get it. God gets it.

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

Each person’s life is custom-designed by God. The course of my life is unique to me.

My experiences affect me only from the lens I view them. They are only important if I see them that way.

Every interaction I have with another person, however brief, may be significant to one of us. I need to be mindful that God may be using that moment to help one of us.

God, please help me to be a positive power of example to others.

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

Some people refuse to accept help. For whatever reason, they choose suffering over peace. I suppose that is their destiny.

I was not spared from misery to just clean up my life and then keep it to myself. I was led to a way of living which includes helping others.

I can only help those who want help. Some need to suffer a little more than others.

Each of us is in God’s Hands.

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

Pain is a great catalyst for change. It creates an urgency unlike anything else, but it is tougher to focus on change when I am in pain.

I need to continue to try to get better, to ask God to help me to get better especially when I’m not in pain.

Sooner or later life will bite me in the ass. If I’m not ready, the pain will cause me to suffer.

God, please help me to be willing to change as You see fit, and take away my defects.

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