Food for Thought~daily Meditations 10-03 - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

**Pony** · 10-03-2005, 10:56 AM

Being Committed

Success comes with committment. We cannot maintain abstinence, or a marriage, or a profession, or anything else without being committed to it. Genuine committment is the attitude required of us if we are to benefit from OA. The program is not something we pick up and put down when we feel like it. If abstinence is not the most improtant thing in our lives, we will not be able to maintain it.

Sharing our committment out loud, with another person, reinforces it. We need to stay in contact with our OA friends. It is during the busy times that we especially need to remember our priorities. A phone call plugs us in to the group strength which sustains our individual efforts.

The physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits which come to us every day as we abstain and work the Twelve Steps are what nourish us. Being committed to the OA program is our strength and our recovery.

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Make firm my committment to Your way.

10-03-2005, 10:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
Pony Forum Leader Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: trail of discovery Posts: 2,514	Food for Thought~daily Meditations 10-03 Being Committed Success comes with committment. We cannot maintain abstinence, or a marriage, or a profession, or anything else without being committed to it. Genuine committment is the attitude required of us if we are to benefit from OA. The program is not something we pick up and put down when we feel like it. If abstinence is not the most improtant thing in our lives, we will not be able to maintain it. Sharing our committment out loud, with another person, reinforces it. We need to stay in contact with our OA friends. It is during the busy times that we especially need to remember our priorities. A phone call plugs us in to the group strength which sustains our individual efforts. The physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits which come to us every day as we abstain and work the Twelve Steps are what nourish us. Being committed to the OA program is our strength and our recovery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Make firm my committment to Your way. __________________ "Failure is an EVENT, it is not a person – yesterday really did end last night, and today is your brand new day..." .........unknown The sun always rises, and a new day begins.

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