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| The Serenity Prayer |
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015
Today's thought from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Nothing is so bad that relapse won't make it worse.
-- Anonymous
The stories we hear in meetings often shock us. It seems hard to believe that some members could have harmed themselves in such ways. We hear about arrests, bankruptcies, loss of family and home, lost jobs, violence, jail, physical injury – the list goes on. Most of us said to ourselves, "I never was that bad. Maybe I don't really belong here."
Our sponsors and fellow members quickly straightened us out. We were comparing our histories with other members. We were told to identify with the stories, not compare. Some of us had been lucky that worse things hadn't happened to us while we were using. We were reminded those things hadn't happened to us "yet." If we relapsed, the "yets" were waiting.
Today I'll remember to identify, not compare. I don't want to relapse and go through THE YETS.
Nothing is so bad that relapse won't make it worse.
-- Anonymous
The stories we hear in meetings often shock us. It seems hard to believe that some members could have harmed themselves in such ways. We hear about arrests, bankruptcies, loss of family and home, lost jobs, violence, jail, physical injury – the list goes on. Most of us said to ourselves, "I never was that bad. Maybe I don't really belong here."
Our sponsors and fellow members quickly straightened us out. We were comparing our histories with other members. We were told to identify with the stories, not compare. Some of us had been lucky that worse things hadn't happened to us while we were using. We were reminded those things hadn't happened to us "yet." If we relapsed, the "yets" were waiting.
Today I'll remember to identify, not compare. I don't want to relapse and go through THE YETS.
You are reading from the book:
Easy Does It © 1999 by Hazelden Foundation
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