Category: Daily Missives

I have heard people in recovery say that they would die if they ever relapsed.

The truth is that each of us will die someday. My fear is that I wouldn’t die soon enough and instead I would suffer unnecessarily for a long time beforehand.

By the Grace of God I have no desire to drink or use drugs today. That can always change. After all this time, I am not cured.

I must attend to my Spiritual Condition every day. That way I can face each day with Hope and Gratitude.

Thank God for God.

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

Alcoholics don’t need a reason to drink. We’re alcoholic – we drink for no reason. Our developed nature is to use alcohol to change our feelings, whether they are good or bad feelings. 

Alcohol brings us comfort – followed by Hell.

The scary part for us is that, unlike normal people, once we start we cannot stop. The progression over time eventually takes on a life of its own. We often don’t see it coming. We need alcohol to function.

However, once I stopped, staying stopped is the challenge. I need to approach each day differently.

That’s where a reliance upon God comes in. Until I turn to God for help, I am doomed to a life of suffering.

One day at a time. One moment at a time. Each day the same way.

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

Miracles have a tendency to compound themselves. Something unlikely happens which opens the door for God to do His Work.

My life was spared as the result of a series of unlikely events. I see it as a miracle.

By following God’s Guidance and living sober, I have found a life worth living.

As much as I have been tested, I have never given up on this life. God continues to deliver His Blessings as long as I have faith and never give up.

Some of the greatest Blessings of my life are my children. 

As God’s Plan unfolds in my life, I have been able to watch their lives unfold as well.

My daughter is getting married today.

So, the miracle of my life has opened the door for my daughter’s life. I pray that God continues to Bless us.

Congratulations Gabe and Erika.

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

I don’t know what I don’t know. Everything I know I had to learn.

Until I learned how to live without fear, fear drove my thoughts, feelings, and actions. I didn’t even realize it at the time.

Now I see it. Now, I need to recognize my fears and turn them over to God. It takes practice.

I never know how things will turn out, but trusting God always brings me comfort.

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

God answers my prayers. 

Not on my terms, but His.

Not in my time, but His.

So, if I get impatient with God and feel like giving up, I need to look around me. 

Perhaps what I’m praying for has already been answered. 

Perhaps I’m so self-involved that I didn’t notice.

The answers to my prayers don’t come in an Amazon delivery with my name on it. 

They usually are delivered anonymously through others. 

They often are delivered when I’m not paying attention.

I must have an open mind and an open heart to see all of what God has done for me. 

I don’t always get what I want, but I always get what I need.

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

There’s no right way to do the wrong thing. If it doesn’t feel right, I have to look at my motives.

Sometimes doing the right thing is the hardest.

Of course I can justify anything in my mind and convince myself with a good argument. But if I’m honest with myself, I can see right through it.

My conscience never takes a day off. So, I need to ask “Is this what God would want?”.

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

The world isn’t going to change for me. I need to change.

I must look at what disturbs me and why. Then I need to ask God for His Help for me to change my attitude and perspective.

God will show me opportunities to change. I must be willing.

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

I have been living sober for quite a while. Over time, I got the hang of it. That doesn’t mean I’m on cruise-control.

Every once in a while I learn about someone who relapses after a period of sobriety. The thought of it horrifies me. The reason is always the same – they forget and then stop doing what they had been doing.

There are certain habits which I was taught early on that I keep up to this day. I never want to forget how horrible I used to feel.

What I have to do every day is not hard. The fact that it works for me gives me faith that it will continue to work for me.

I get to live sober only one day at a time. Today is that day.

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

When I find myself reluctant to pray, it’s a warning sign to me. It is a sign of complacency.

Sometimes I feel rushed. Sometimes I feel like I don’t need to pray.

Usually it’s a sign that I’m veering off of the right path.

Hitting my knees and asking for God’s Help shows humility. After all, I haven’t gotten this far on my own.

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

I will be ok – if I allow it.

Everything always turns out the way it’s supposed to turn out.

The toughest part of life for me is when I resist the way things are at this moment and internalize it. The internal torque I experience causes me to try to impose my will upon the world.

The world doesn’t revolve around me. Too bad for me. I’ll get over it when I stop and see that I am the one with the problem.

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