Step by Step
Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013
Today, let me not feel any regrets, grief or loss or be bitter from the sweet of what I must leave behind in my new and continuing journey toward recovery and sobriety. Some people and places that were a significant, even enabling part of my life in my drinking days may no longer have a place in my new life in recovery, and I must be prepared that I may have to cut some losses in order to attain greater gains. If I am reluctant to move on without someone or something that was an influential part of my life as a drinking alcoholic, may I be able to remove myself from the emotional and use the logic to ask if maintaining old ties is worth the risk to my recovery. If so, I have no other choice but to move on although I will never be alone. Today, if my sobriety requires it, I may have to make the tough choice between what once was seemingly precious to me and moving toward something even more precious. And our common journey continues. Step by step. - Chris M., 2013
Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013
Today, let me not feel any regrets, grief or loss or be bitter from the sweet of what I must leave behind in my new and continuing journey toward recovery and sobriety. Some people and places that were a significant, even enabling part of my life in my drinking days may no longer have a place in my new life in recovery, and I must be prepared that I may have to cut some losses in order to attain greater gains. If I am reluctant to move on without someone or something that was an influential part of my life as a drinking alcoholic, may I be able to remove myself from the emotional and use the logic to ask if maintaining old ties is worth the risk to my recovery. If so, I have no other choice but to move on although I will never be alone. Today, if my sobriety requires it, I may have to make the tough choice between what once was seemingly precious to me and moving toward something even more precious. And our common journey continues. Step by step. - Chris M., 2013
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