Life doesn’t always work out the way I think it should. I can do everything the way I’m supposed to and still don’t get everything I expect.
As much as I want it to be, life isn’t fair. I need to get over it.
The way things are right now are the way they’re supposed to be. I need to learn to accept that.
I’m happy to still be in the game.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
Sometimes we face challenges that we know will bring pain. There’s no avoiding it.
Putting off what is necessary prolongs the pain and often makes it worse.
In these cases, pain is inevitable but suffering is optional.
Trusting that I’m not alone gives me the courage to step through the pain and do the next right thing.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
My old ways of being never worked for me. Trying to force my will onto the world was like banging my head against a wall.
The world does not revolve around me.
Changing the way I am begins with admitting my powerlessness.
Acknowledging God’s Power and asking for His Help leads me to a better way of living.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
I will be ok if I allow it.
I used to look for contentment from outside of myself. My problems were the fault of everyone else.
However, no matter how badly I screwed up my life, I survived.
Until I realized that God had been carrying me all along, and that the solutions to all of my problems start with His Help, I could never find peace.
God is still carrying me. He never gives up on me.
Turning to God brings peace to my soul.
I’m ok.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
Wrong choices lead me in the wrong direction. Often these choices lead me to make more wrong choices.
I know it. I’m not that naive. I allow my denial of the truth to cloud my judgment.
It’s like my compass is broken. I know it and I follow it anyway.
I need to find someone whose compass is working for them. I need to follow them until I can fix my own compass.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
I have no delusions about who I am or what I am anymore.
I am an alcoholic. When I drink, I become a drunk because I cannot stop once I start.
When I turn my life over to the care of the God of my understanding, I am no longer a drunk.
When I keep doing that, one day at a time I become a better person.
That’s all I ever really wanted.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
“Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us.”
It’s not always easy to put my desires in the back seat to help someone else, but that must be a conscious way for me to live.
I have been Blessed beyond measure. I need to give more than I take.
That way I can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the rest of the world with my head held high.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
If I don’t like the results I’m getting, I need to change my approach.
My best ideas don’t always seem to work.
If I keep doing what I’m doing, I’ll keep getting what I’m getting.
Perhaps I should follow the example of those who are successful. Perhaps I should do what they do.
Keeping an open mind is a good start.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
When things aren’t going so well for me, my tendency is to isolate. Instead, I should get outside of myself and help someone else.
When things are going well for me, I should get outside of myself and help someone else.
Helping someone else is good for my soul. It relieves me of my self-centeredness.
It works every time.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.
Some people try to get clean and sober and they fail. The grip of addiction seems too great and they relapse.
I have never heard someone who relapsed express joy in their relapse.
Sometimes guilt and shame keep them from trying again. Sometimes it’s fear of being judged by others.
Getting clean and sober is personal. I got sober for myself – to save my life.
I must not be judgmental of those who are struggling. I must be there to help them find their way back.
I am only here by the Grace of God and I must not forget that.
God, please help me to be ok today. Thank You. Amen.