dixielove

March 14, 2005

Just for today, I will not pick up the first one. Just for today, I will stay sober. For the next 24 hours, I will not use. I am worth it. I will fight hard for my sobriety. I pledge to stay sober for the next 24 hours.
I can do it. You can do it. WE ARE WORTH IT! Let's do it together.....

Who is with me?

Dixie

goneriding

I am with you. This is my fourth attempt to quit in a two month period. I want sobriety so bad I can taste, but my mind says it doesn't like the taste. Argh. Yep, 24 hours is doable today and we are worth it.

wantneeda

right on!!! Together we can!!!!

Roxann

Just for today, I choose not to use drugs. I will resist the temptation, and go to a meeting. I will share with the group tonight also, and try to help a new member who needs it.
Dixie, thank you, you are wonderful.

Jupiter2

Today I haven't had a drink. I will go to a meeting tonight and will not drink after the meeting. We can do it for a day together.

dixielove

I'm so glad that I have all of you to help me get through this. What I learn, I will share with all of you and will gladly learn from your experiences. There is strength in numbers.

Brutal Truth

just for today I will not let the little problems in mi life affect me in a big way, I will try not to let my defects of character get in my way and freak me out, I'll go to a meeting and share my problems with someone else, so in that way my problems wont grow and lead me to active using and lead me to misery. just for today.

exlibris

I'm from New Jersey, but I think the British say, "Here Here." Not sure what that means, but it sounds good.

Or is it "Hear, Hear." ?????

Richard

dixielove

March 15, 2005
Just for today, I'll go to a meeting, talk to others, get phone numbers, and if I need to, I will use those phone numbers. Just for today, this disease won't win over me.

Wishing everyone a beautiful sober 24!

Love, Dixie

Val-light

Amen.

quercusalba

Thank you, Dixie. This is a wonderful thread, and it comes at just the right time for me. I really, really need it.

Just for today, I will NOT pick up a drink. I will NOT let this demon put its boot on my throat, just for today.

Thank you all.
--anne

dixielove

Hi Anne, stick around. We can't worry about yesterday or tomorrow but today we have a choice. Just for this 24 hours, we don't have to pick up the first one. One thing I've learned the hard way is that when others have relapsed and told me how horrible it felt, I should have listened.

I've also learned that when my disease starts lying to me telling me how "just one" would feel, that I can fast forward to the end and see what the consequences would be. This is a hard battle, we need to be prepared for anything that comes our way.

Love, Dixie

CAPTAINZING2000

I broke it down to just for this moment.


Just for this moment, I'll open my eyes to the beauty around me

Just for this moment, I'll smile at the next person I see

Just for this moment, I'll be grateful for what is mine

Just for this moment, I'll call a loved one and tell them I love them an I'm fine

Just for the moment, I'll talk less and listen more

Just for this moment, I'll help the elderly with the door

Just for the moment, I'll be happy for who I am and for who I'm not

Just for today, I'll know that happiness is from with in and not something bought

Just for today, I'll pass this feeling on

Just for today, I'm living for today not for what happens when I'm gone


How many moments are you going to let slip away today???

dixielove

Chris, thanks for sharing that!

quercusalba

Yes, Chris, thank you.

And thank you, too, Dixie... you're so right - I can and should use that fast forward button in my head when I think "just one" sounds like a good idea. Thank you for listening to me on this day. It means so much to me.

Thank you.

dixielove

Anne, glad can be here to help. I'm going through a hard time too. I haven't put down the shame stick yet, and I keep on beating myself with it. I am so full of guilt for using. I'm slowly getting better though. I can't focus on anything right now. My mind is still in a fog. It is difficult though because I'm in a situation where I need to be able to think clearly and concentrate. I hope I never forget this moment because in the future, if I have those thoughts, I will remember that I never want to feel this way again.

Dixie