There are times when I’m looking for an answer and it doesn’t seem to come when I want it or it’s not the answer I want.
Sometimes the answer is exactly what I get whether I like it or not.
I don’t always get what I want but I always get what I need. I just have to accept that and look for the gift in it.
I should just be happy that I’m still in the game – God is still giving me playing time.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
Every day an alcoholic suffers and dies.
Every day an alcoholic walks into their first AA meeting with their hair on-fire and their ass in their hands, trying to save it.
Not everyone makes it. The ones that do are the messengers. The ones that don’t are the message.
The ones who make it follow the path lit by those who already have found their way.
God is with each of us. If we choose to see God and follow the messengers sent by Him, there is a better life awaiting us.
The choice is a miserable death versus a happy life.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
It has become clear to me that the alcohol addiction is just a symptom of my alcoholism.
With or without the alcohol, my problem starts inside of me – my thoughts, feelings, and actions.
After the alcohol was removed, I was still stuck with myself. I had to change.
It’s like when a drunk horse-thief stops drinking – he’s still a horse-thief.
I had to take an honest look at myself and ask God to help me to change.
Without the change, I would surely drink again.
Without God’s help, I cannot change.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
When I was about 30 days without a drink I was told, “… You’re going to earn the right to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the rest of the world with your head held high.”.
At the time, I was just afraid that I would just wind up drunk. I had no idea what it meant. I thought my life was over.
By trusting God and following simple directions one day at a time, I was able to change. I have been able to live a life beyond anything I ever could have imagined.
As hard as it has been at times, I never gave up hope.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
I remember hanging on with little hope. I had no idea how I would get through the day.
I was told, “One day at a time – one moment at a time.”
It worked. I realized that I can get through this moment if I look at only this moment – not the past nor the future.
I just need to keep breathing, keep praying, and keep trusting that God has my back.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
There was a time in my life where I truly believed I was hopeless – that my destiny was to suffer in sadness and misery until eventually I would just die. I thought that getting to that end as quickly as possible was the best choice for me.
I did not know where or how to find help, so I didn’t look for it.
I felt so isolated that I didn’t know who to ask for help.
That’s when God sent an angel to get my attention. The angel didn’t wear wings, but introduced me to others who knew what to do.
I can’t ignore God’s Hand in redirecting my life. God is still writing my story.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
My greatest fear is that I forget how things used to be and how hard it was to get here.
If I forget the pain and suffering, it is still waiting for me. I am not cured.
If I forget the transformation that I had to go through, I will regress to the person I used to be.
Daily, constant vigilance reminds me that the only reason that I’m sober is the Grace of God, not my own invention or talents.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
There was a time when my life was spiraling downward, with each day worse than the last. Each day was made worse with the terrifying thought of tomorrow.
I don’t live like that anymore, and my outlook on tomorrow is much better.
I have faith that if I sincerely ask God for help living a good today, I have nothing to fear – including tomorrow. Tomorrow will become today soon enough.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
I did not stop drinking to please someone else, and I didn’t stay stopped for someone else.
I stopped because alcohol no longer provided relief for me, yet I still needed it – even when I didn’t want it anymore.
Alcohol and the internal turmoil it caused held power over me like nothing else could.
I have found relief by changing the way I live.
Living sober is not easy for an alcoholic. That’s why most of us can’t stay sober.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
After all this time – getting sober, staying sober through all of the ups and downs of my life, watching my friends succeed, or fail, or die – and continuing to trudge through, I sometimes wonder if I should ease up.
It’s easy to do.
But then I remember that I only have today. Today I might be that guy – the one who might make the difference in another person’s life.
I’m not going to ease up. Not today.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.