Daily Missives

I was told when I first got sober that those who relapse forgot how much they have suffered.  They think it will be different next time. They think they can stop using drugs and alcohol when it gets too bad. I am a “one-timer”, so I don’t know what it’s like to relapse. I don’t…

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Comparing what I have or don’t have with what others have only breeds discontent. It leads me away from gratitude. My gratitude comes from comparing my life now with what it used to be like. Living sober has led me down a road where I am no longer afraid, I have wonderful people in my…

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When I was broken, I lacked Faith. My lack of Faith was due to my weak soul. By following people whose souls were strong, I used their Faith until I was able to find my own. As I healed, life was not always an easy road but I have never encountered a difficulty that I…

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“Don’t give up before the miracle”. I usually would hear that loud and clear when I was impatient and my life seemed to not get better. But after witnessing the miracles in the lives of others and hearing their stories, I came to believe that there were miracles waiting for me. I found that God…

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There will come a day when everything goes wrong and builds up to overwhelm me. That is the day when I might want to give up, especially because it feels so unfamiliar and daunting. That is the day when my Faith in God will be tested.  Between now and that day I had better work…

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“We admitted … that our lives had become unmanageable”. Once I stopped drinking, I no longer had a drinking problem. I have always had a thinking problem. Alcohol just adds gasoline to that fire. I need to correct my thinking. My self-destructive tendencies will lead me to drink again. I need to seek God’s Protection…

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Sometimes my mind just goes too fast for my body. Turning off the noise seems impossible. “First things first” comes to mind. I am not a machine. I operate as a human. The tragedies that lie ahead have occurred only in my mind. The failings of the past are in the past. I need to…

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I am an alcoholic. I didn’t choose to be, but that doesn’t matter. I will always be an alcoholic because it will never go away. Normal people may never understand it, but I cannot just “drink a little bit”.  I never drank just a little and I cannot stop once I start. There are certain…

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I know what Hell looks like because I have been there. I also know what it takes to get out of there because someone showed me the way out. I don’t need to go back in to help the next person get out, but I need to be there when they ask for help getting…

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One of the most rewarding aspects of my journey is the opportunity to connect with others. Making a soul connection with someone else reminds me that God lives in each of us. We need each other. I affirm that connection when I hug someone. I have found that a hug makes me feel love, joy,…

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