Some more things I do not miss since becoming dry: wondering if the car is in the garage and how I got home; struggling to remember where I was and what I did since my last conscious moment; trying to delay getting off to work, and wondering how I will look when I get there; dreading the day ahead of me. I'm quite sure that I don't miss these things, am I not?
Meditation for the Day ~
You cannot believe in God and keep your selfish ways. The old self shrivels up and dies, and upon the re-born soul God's image becomes stamped. The gradual elimination of selfishness in the growth of love for God and your fellow human beings is the goal of life. At first, you have only a faint likeness to the Divine, but the picture grows and takes on more and more of the likeness of God until those who see you can see in you some of the power of God's grace at work in a human life.
Prayer for the Day ~
I pray that I may develop that faint likeness I have to the Divine. I pray that others may see in me some of the power of God's grace at work.
Hazelden
(Let it be a God or Higher Power of your own understanding)
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Progress not perfection.. & Practice makes Progress!
I was just thinking about how my life is changing and how I realize that step 12 isnt just about helping others in AA. It is helping others and making changes in all our affairs!!
Today, I have the confidence and energy to do a great job at work, without being hung over and fearful...and have the time and patience to raise two teenagers and want to be a part of their lives instead of doing my own thing!!! Mainly drinking!
It feels great to be sober and to be able to carry out the AA message in all my affairs!!!!
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"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. "
