Daily Missives

Isolating myself from others keeps me away from God. Connecting with others gets me closer to God. I think that’s a pretty good barometer of where I am spiritually. I can pray all day and never hear God’s message if I don’t avail myself to it. I need to remember that God speaks to me…

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When I finally stopped drinking, I was scared to death. I was afraid that I could not live without alcohol in my life. I was afraid that I would drink again and bring back the misery that came with it. I was afraid because I didn’t know what was going to happen to me. I…

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I don’t know all of the answers. I don’t even know all of the questions. None of us do. But I have discovered that when I ask God for help with any problem, I get the answers. The answers may or may not be what I want. God always answers my prayers. Usually He delivers…

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Many people think that staying clean and sober is a matter of willpower. Those who have been successful at it will say the opposite is true. I need to surrender to my disease. I am powerless over alcohol and drugs. Every time I enter the ring with alcohol or drugs I wind up defeated. I…

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Until I came to believe in a “Power Greater than Ourselves”, my chances of getting sober were slim. God did not shout down from the heavens to me. He did not show His face to me. I needed to find Hope and Faith in order to believe. God shows His Presence to me through others.…

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“When one door closes, another door opens”.  I have heard that so many times. I hate hearing it, but it’s true. I have hit dead-ends in my journey.  I want what I used to have, but I can’t have it anymore. It’s not within my power to change, so I have to accept it. Sometimes…

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Every time I learn about someone committing suicide, it touches me personally. I don’t look at it from afar, but rather it brings me back because I was there. For over ten years I had daily thoughts of killing myself. I felt inadequate, self-loathing, and not deserving of anything good. Using alcohol and drugs suppressed…

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What’s not my fault is still my problem. Life deals us circumstances that we don’t want. Our attitude determines the weight of that burden. It doesn’t matter what causes the trouble. It could be anything or anyone. What I choose to do next is up to me and no one else. I can turn any…

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Turning my will and my life over to the Care of God was a concept that I couldn’t easily understand. What I simply needed to do was decide to do it. After the decision was made, I tried to not fight God’s Will and trust that I would be ok. My fate is in God’s…

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I don’t know if I would ever have the opportunity to get sober again if I decided to resume drinking. I was not inspired to stop drinking in the first place. I was desperate and saw little hope in continuing to live. Now that I have been living a sober life, I still need to…

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