Thursday November 14th, 2024

Thought of the Day

   "When we were drinking and using, our lives became an exercise in survival. 

Now we are doing much more living than surviving we are in recovery." 

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 For many of us, the 12 steps have been the answer to a personal puzzle.

Why did we do so many crazy, self-destructive things? 

"I'd be better off dead!" A familiar refrain to a practicing 

we might have said, and with good reason. 

All we had to look forward to was more of the same miserable existence. 

Our hold on life was weak at best. 

Our emotional decay, our spiritual demise, and the crushing awareness 

that nothing would ever change were constants. 

We had little hope and no concept of the life we were missing out on.

The resurrection of our emotions, our spirits, and our physical health takes time. 

The more experience we gain in living, rather than merely existing,

 the more we understand how precious and delightful life can be.

 Traveling, playing with a small child, making love, expanding our intellectual horizons, and forming relationships are among the endless activities that say, 

"I'm alive."

 We discover so much to cherish and feel grateful to have a second chance.
If we had died in active addiction, we would have been 

bitterly deprived of so many of life's joys.

 Each day we thank a Power greater than ourselves 

for Withanother day sober clean and another day of life.
 

Committment for the Day

   I am grateful to be alive. 

I will do something today to celebrate. 

One Day At A Time