Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
The only true hope for civilization — the conviction of the individual that his inner life can affect outward events. — Stephen Spender
Our addiction may have left us little time to think about our society and our world. We may have spent vast sums of money and energy feeding the addiction that was devouring us. And the world was reduced to the fantasies that were spinning around in our heads.
We deserve better for ourselves. And we can change. There is a relationship between what we think and what we do — and what we do affects others as well as ourselves. Our addiction has caused misery to others. Our recovery brings joy to other people as well as to ourselves. Changing our inner lives, becoming free from the stranglehold of addiction, releases new energy and desires that, turned outward, act upon the world. We take and take again these Twelve Steps and spread the news of hope and recovery to others. We join in activities in the group and find ourselves growing spiritually. As we follow the path, we realize that we can and do make a difference by helping others live out their full potential.
I am not an island but part of a community that is affected by my beliefs and actions.
Hazelden Foundation
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