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.
When I was in early recovery, I felt lost. I was trying to figure out how to live without alcohol, which seemed impossible to me.
I thought that sooner or later I would wind up drunk, so why bother?
I met people who were living a sober life, who cared enough to listen to me and provide guidance so that I wouldn’t feel lost.
I now see that those people were doing God’s Work in trying to help another person. It’s no coincidence that they were put into my path. God put them there.
I didn’t understand it then. I see it now.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
Sometimes I feel God’s Presence during the course of my day and other times not so much. Sometimes I can go days without really feeling it.
It’s kind of a “spiritual funk” that happens where I’m just not feeling it.
It doesn’t mean that God has taken a break. God is always with me.
The problem is with me.
Seeking God always gets me out of the funk. God will reveal Himself to me in the little things.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
Not only has my life been spared and my self-imposed suffering stopped, but I have been given a life worth living.
It didn’t happen by accident. It didn’t happen overnight.
It started with desperation. It started with a belief and a trust in God to save me.
It continues for me by seeking God’s Protection and Care one day at a time.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
After a long period of time without abusing substances, I can get the sense that “I’m good. I got this.”
If I actually believe that, I will become complacent and forget how I got here.
I need to remember the life I used to live and the suffering that comes with it.
If I forget that, I risk going back there.
Just as I used to need to drink every day out of necessity, I need to seek God’s Help every day.
Seeking God is a necessity.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.