Thursday May 22nd, 2025

Thought of the day       

 "Meetings keep us in touch with where we've been,

but more importantly with where we could go in our recovery."
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 In many ways, addicts are different. When we came to the fellowhship we found others like ourselves, people who understood us and whom we could understand. No longer did we feel like aliens, strangers wherever we went. We were at home in meetings, among friends.

We don't stop being addicts after we've been clean awhile. We still need to identify with other addicts. We continue coming to meetings to keep in touch with who we are, where we've come from, and where we're going. Every meeting reminds us that we can never use drugs successfully. Every meeting reminds us that we'll never be cured, but that by practicing the principles of the program we can recover. And every meeting offers us the experience and example of other addicts in ongoing recovery.

At meetings, we see how different people work their program, and the results are apparent in their lives. If we want the lives we see others living, we can find out what they've done to get where they are. Meetings offer us identification with where we've been and where we can go--identification we can't do without and can't get anywhere else. That keeps us coming back.
 

Committment for the Day

  I will attend  meetings to remind myself of who I am,

 where I've come from, and where I can go in my recovery.
 

One Day At A Time