Daily Missives

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…

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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…

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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…

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“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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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We cannot save someone who isn’t ready to be saved. In the throes of my addiction, I couldn’t take it anymore. I couldn’t think straight. Every waking moment was influenced by a substance. I was desperate.  When I was thrown a lifeline, I grabbed onto it. I didn’t know where it would take me but…

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When I stopped drinking, it was the scariest time in my life. I didn’t know how to function without alcohol. People who had gone through it showed me what to do. They told me how to think. They listened to me. They had been there. They all told me to hit my knees and ask…

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Alcohol and drugs used to be central to my existence. When I removed them from my life, I thought there would be no reason to continue living. I have been shown a way to live happily without using substances to numb my feelings. I have learned to live “life on life’s terms” – the good…

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