Wednesday June 17, 2026

Thought of the Day
"On a practical level, changes occur because what's appropriate to 

one phase of recovery may not be for another." 

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 When we first came to the program, many of us had a legitimate occupation.

 Not all of us suddenly decide we're going to become honest and productive model citizens the moment we arrive in recovery. But we soon find, in recovery, that we are not so comfortable doing many of the things we once did without a second thought when we were drinking.

As we grow in our recovery, we begin to be honest in matters that probably hadn't bothered us when we drinking. We start returning extra change to a cashier may have given us by mistake, or admitting when we hit a parked car. We find that if we can begin to be honest in these small ways the bigger tests of our honesty become much easier to handle.

Many of us came here with very little capacity to be honest. But we find that as we work the Twelve Steps, our lives begin to change. We are no longer comfortable when we benefit at the expense of others. And we can feel good about our newfound honesty.
 

Committment for the Day

  I will examine the level of honesty in my life and see if I'm comfortable with it.
 

One Day At A Time