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.
I have made my share of mistakes in my life. Some of them were carelessness. Some of them were bad judgement. Some of them were just self-willed foolishness.
Every day I get a chance to correct my mistakes or make new ones. Every day is a second chance.
I can’t let my mistakes of the past keep me from living my life the way that I think I should.
I just need to be careful of whose guidance I follow.
I trust God’s Guidance over any person’s. I can live with that.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
No one understands an alcoholic like another alcoholic. We think differently than other people, especially our developed insanity.
When I connect and identify my common thoughts and feelings with another alcoholic, I know that I’m not alone and that there is hope for me.
My alcoholism never goes away.
That’s why I go to meetings. That’s why I keep showing up. That’s why I always ask God for help.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
Pride and ego keep me from asking for help when I need it. If I ignore my need for help for too long, my decisions are not always the best.
When I ask God for help, I must truly be humble and accept the help in whatever form it comes to me.
I’m not a superhero. I’m just someone trying to live this day without screwing it up and maybe help someone else along the way.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.