Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
We seek God until He finds us.
— Madeleine L’Engle
The day comes when we suddenly realize we are not caught up in our addiction. That’s the moment we know we’re living in recovery, that we’re practicing the principles of recovery in all areas of our lives.
This awakening can come suddenly, as the result of a crisis, or it can happen subtly, over time, bringing with it a deepening of our commitment to the Twelve Step program. We find ourselves turning away from the addiction and toward our Higher Power. We find the joy of living in God’s will.
Working the Twelve Steps frees us from the tyranny of addiction by giving us the awareness that God has removed the addiction because we’ve let go of it. Things are restored to their proper order. The addiction is outside of us; we have ourselves and our relationship with our Higher Power. It’s then that we can reach out to other addicts because we finally have someone to give them — ourselves.
I am not my addiction. My addiction is not my Higher Power.
Hazelden Foundation
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