“We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness”.
I am no longer a slave to substances to give me a false, temporary sense of being happy.
I am finally comfortable in my own skin.
What I had once thought was impossible is very real.
That alone is worth the price of admission.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
If I’m worried about something, I ought to just take care of it.
If I can’t take care of it, I ought to forget it and leave it up to God.
God doesn’t worry.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
When I took away the substances I had used to make me feel “ok”, I felt like it left a huge void in me.
The void was already there and getting larger.
I asked “What’s going to happen to me?”
I was told “Trust God – one day at a time”.
“Yeah but …”. … “Trust God.”
After all this time “Trust God” is still the answer.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
One gift of my life is that I get to spend time with people I love. The more, the better.
This life is not meant to be consumed with struggles. It is meant to be spent connecting with others.
That’s where I find God.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
There are a lot of things that I am happy about and very few things that I’m unhappy about.
The only thing they have in common is me.
Attitude is everything.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
The rest of the world kept moving on when I first stopped drinking. No one stepped aside and noticed that their life had changed because it didn’t.
If I was looking for praise, it was an example of my self-centeredness and ego.
Getting sober is very personal. It’s humbling. It’s scary.
No one understands an alcoholic like another alcoholic.
We praise the success of another recovering alcoholic because it gives us hope.
Sometimes hope is all we have left.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
Those of us who have been touched by the true generosity of others – generosity of spirit – experience love.
When I have been affected by that kind of love, I feel compelled to share it.
Sharing love with another person causes love to grow.
We are not walking through this life single-file, but shoulder-to-shoulder.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
Trying to make big changes in me is difficult to sustain, no matter how much the change is necessary. It’s like trying to “eat an elephant” at one sitting.
Making small changes in me, one day at a time is sustainable. They add up to big changes over time.
I need to start by committing myself to change, following direction, and going to “any lengths” to get there.
I need to “give time time”. As long as there is breath there is hope.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
Life happens in real-time, at full-speed. In the middle of the crossfire of a busy life I need to pause at times and check-in on my soul.
The demands of the day can distract me away from my true purpose – to live my life the way God wants.
Am I doing the right things for the right reasons?
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
If I don’t like the way I’m living, I should change it.
If I don’t how to change, I should ask someone who has done it.
If I think it’s too hard to change, then maybe I don’t want it badly enough.
I only have so much time until I reach my expiration-date.
I had better get busy.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.