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October 18, 2025
My words and actions have an effect on those in my life whether or not I realize it. Others cannot see how I feel – only what I do. Feeling love and compassion is different than showing love and compassion. Showing love and compassion is always remembered – by others and by God. God,
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October 17, 2025
I really like it when things are calm around me. It makes it easier for me to notice the calm inside me and to feel happy. Of course the calm around me will change soon enough, so I need to appreciate the peace while it lasts. I have more control over the peace inside of
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October 16, 2025
Things always have a way of working themselves out. Instead of trying to affect outcomes to my liking, sometimes it’s better stand back and do nothing. Worry and impatience are a waste of energy. Time takes time. God always has the answers. It’s always best for me to wait for God. God, please help
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October 15, 2025
When I stopped drinking, the rest of the world didn’t slow down to accommodate me. I had to adjust everything about me – no one could do it for me. I am responsible for my recovery. There are no acceptable excuses. I cannot pin my failings on anyone else. This is serious. This is life
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October 14, 2025
I used to wake up every day with a feeling of “impending doom” – that the day was somehow going to be horrible. It was mostly the sense that I would not be able to handle what would come my way. I didn’t even know what I feared. It was just the absence of peace.
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October 13, 2025
I have been given the opportunity to turn my life around and live a new life. I did not see it when it began. I got better every day and started to follow a different path. I want to live this way. I don’t want my old way of living to return. Every day I
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October 12, 2025
It’s always good for me to stop and appreciate what others have done for me, and what God has done for me. For people like me, the turnaround in our lives is improbable. We have received so much more than we ever deserved. Living the right way has its rewards but I had to be
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October 11, 2025
If I try to get better each day, there is a chance … … that I can live without my fears directing my thoughts and actions… … that I will never consider giving up … … that I can pay attention to the little things in my life … … that I can be gentle
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October 10, 2025
Here are some inescapable truths about myself… I am powerless over alcohol and my life had become unmanageable. My powerlessness and unmanageability begin with my thoughts… progress into patterns of feelings… which turn into actions to soothe the feelings. Alcohol took away those feelings until it stopped working. No amount of alcohol could relieve my
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October 9, 2025
I see the change in others more easily than I see the change in my self. It seems that I don’t notice the change in myself because it manifests gradually. What I do see in others is the result of God’s Grace. If I look closely enough, I see God within them. What I see
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