Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Sept. 15, 2021 - Readings in Recovery: Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

 

Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021

Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:

People seldom improve when they have no model but themselves to copy. — Oliver Goldsmith

If we had to get well by ourselves, we’d be in trouble. We’ve already tried this route. We need to learn a new way to live, not the old way we already know.

That’s why we have sponsors in Twelve Step programs. Sponsors are one of the best things about our recovery program. We pick people who are happy and doing well in recovery. Then we copy them. We copy them because sponsors are special people who have what we want. They have sobriety. They have happiness. They have common sense. They have peace and serenity. And they will help us get those things too. We learn a new way to live from them.

Prayer for the Day

Higher Power, help me pick good models. Help me copy what works for them.

Action for the Day

If I don’t have a sponsor now, I’ll work today on getting one. If I do have a sponsor already, I will thank them today for being a good model for living the program.

Hazelden Foundation

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