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A full life

“The program works a miracle in our lives.... We become free to live.”

Most of us—if we’ve been in recovery for any length of time at all—have heard some member complaining in a meeting about being terribly overworked, too busy for meetings or sponsorship or other activities. In fact, we may have been the complaining member. The days seem so full: job, family and friends, meetings, activities, sponsorship, step work. “There just aren’t enough hours in the day,” the member complains, “to get everything done and meet everyone’s demands on my time!”

When this happens, usually there’s soft laughter from some of the other members—probably members who had planned to grumble about the same sort of thing. The laughter stems from our recognition that we are complaining about the miracle of the life that is ours today. Not so long ago, few of us were capable of having any of these “problems” in our life. We devoted all of our energy to maintaining our active addiction. Today we have full lives, complete with all the feelings and problems that go with living in reality.


Just for today: I will remember that my life is a miracle. Instead of resenting how busy I am, I will be thankful my life is so full.



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todd6138

I spent a year out of the rooms thinking I had everything under control.. I didn't relapse Thank God- but I found just going to church and reading na aa literature was not enough for complete sobriety I completely ignore the fact that we keep what we have only by giving it away. I have been attending na and we have many meetings with some great sobriety and I have begun to share and I am currently looking for a sponsor. I feel a greater sense of purpose and direction and I am back on the road to complete sanity instead of being wrapped up in my own little world of BS and sickness. THanks for letting me share and I am glad to have today sober!

REZ

My life is busy today in a good way. I have a wife, children, a job, friends, service commitments, hobbies--all directly as a result from not using drugs and working the NA program. All of these keep me busy, but in a good way. When I was using drugs, I had very little in my life, except drugs.

Gmoney

I have way too much gratitude to complain about anything. Life is really, really good. Complaining just opens the door to, "Oh...you think that's bad? Let me tell you about...!"

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