Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. — Henry Ford
We tried hard to be good people and good family members, but our illness wouldn’t let us. Our addiction works to make us feel ashamed. At some point in our illness, most of us came to see ourselves as failures. We were not. We were opportunities waiting to blossom. We were out gathering information on how to be better people by learning what not to do.
Shame is about failure; guilt is about mistakes. We are guilty of being addicts and alcoholics. Each day that we are sober we have the opportunity to begin again. Hopefully we will take the knowledge we gain from the day now behind us into the actions of the next twenty-four hours.
Prayer for the Day
Higher Power, thank you for the gift of getting to begin again. Help me to use the opportunities of the day to help others and to learn. Help me to be open-minded, a learner.
Today’s Action
Today, I will list anything from the past that I still have shame about. I will talk to my sponsor or someone else I respect about how to use the Steps to heal these wounds.
Hazelden Foundation
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