Day 9....ahhhh
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Day 9....ahhhh
Hi, ya'll...
It is a beautiful morning here in Mississippi. Just thinking this morning about the contrast in how I feel today versus a week ago. Seven days ago I felt like I was jittery and felt like I was about to lose my mind...and very physically sick. I was in such bad shape and was wondering if I would be able to emerge from that dark place. Had cravings a couple of days this week, and when I experienced them, I did whatever I could do to get out of it, staying really busy, reaching out to a friend who needed me, calling my sponsor, reading my AA literature...and so forth. In short, I am following the suggestions made to me in the AA program. In a way, I am grateful for the misery I have felt in the early days of recovery; I don't want to ever forget where this disease takes me every time I indulge it.
With each day that passes, I feel I am regaining my life. The sobriety statistics in AA frequently come under fire, but I was reminded of something yesterday in a meeting that I need to remember. The Program "works if you work it." My relapse came about as the result of a breakdown in my "working it."
As for today, I will do the only things I have been taught to do: Go to a meeting, meditate and pray, talk with my sponsor and likely another recovering alcoholic, read my Big Book, participate in SR. This approach has worked for me before, but I am reminded there is no room for complacency and letting up on my program.
On this beautiful Saturday, I have hope...but it's all up to me. I can either utilize the tools for recovery that have been laid at my feet...or die an alcoholic death. Today, the choice is clear. Thank God!
I wish a good, sober day for all of you today.
It is a beautiful morning here in Mississippi. Just thinking this morning about the contrast in how I feel today versus a week ago. Seven days ago I felt like I was jittery and felt like I was about to lose my mind...and very physically sick. I was in such bad shape and was wondering if I would be able to emerge from that dark place. Had cravings a couple of days this week, and when I experienced them, I did whatever I could do to get out of it, staying really busy, reaching out to a friend who needed me, calling my sponsor, reading my AA literature...and so forth. In short, I am following the suggestions made to me in the AA program. In a way, I am grateful for the misery I have felt in the early days of recovery; I don't want to ever forget where this disease takes me every time I indulge it.
With each day that passes, I feel I am regaining my life. The sobriety statistics in AA frequently come under fire, but I was reminded of something yesterday in a meeting that I need to remember. The Program "works if you work it." My relapse came about as the result of a breakdown in my "working it."
As for today, I will do the only things I have been taught to do: Go to a meeting, meditate and pray, talk with my sponsor and likely another recovering alcoholic, read my Big Book, participate in SR. This approach has worked for me before, but I am reminded there is no room for complacency and letting up on my program.
On this beautiful Saturday, I have hope...but it's all up to me. I can either utilize the tools for recovery that have been laid at my feet...or die an alcoholic death. Today, the choice is clear. Thank God!
I wish a good, sober day for all of you today.
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