Monday, February 1, 2016
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Feb. 1, 2016 - Readings in Recovery: Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
Monday, Feb. 1, 2016
Today's thought from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Action carries us in the direction we choose.
Recovery involves doing - going to meetings working our program, reaching out to others. We don't get a job by sitting at home thinking about it, and we don't get a degree by looking at college catalogs.
It's true that we need to reflect; we need quiet times when we pray for guidance. There comes a point, however, when action is called for, when we use the power we are given to carry out our Higher Power's will for our lives to the best of our understanding.
One action leads to another. Doing what we need to do to be abstinent today adds 24 hours to recovery.
Today, I will act on my best understanding of my Higher Power's will or me.
Action carries us in the direction we choose.
Recovery involves doing - going to meetings working our program, reaching out to others. We don't get a job by sitting at home thinking about it, and we don't get a degree by looking at college catalogs.
It's true that we need to reflect; we need quiet times when we pray for guidance. There comes a point, however, when action is called for, when we use the power we are given to carry out our Higher Power's will for our lives to the best of our understanding.
One action leads to another. Doing what we need to do to be abstinent today adds 24 hours to recovery.
Today, I will act on my best understanding of my Higher Power's will or me.
You are reading from the book:
This book is now out of print and no longer available to purchase. Inner Harvest by Elisabeth L. © 1990 by Hazelden Foundation
Feb. 1, 2016 - Readings in Recovery: Step by Step
Step by Step
Monday, Feb. 1, 2016
Today, tear down the wall that BITTERNESS has built between me and recovery, serenity with the world and myself, inclusion instead of exclusion from others in recovery who have found what I have not, a positive instead of a negative influence on everyone around me. Unlike anger, which in some cases is justified, bitterness has NO justification. Like alcohol, the power of bitterness is in its destruction not only of everything and everyone around me, but of myself as well. And, like alcohol, bitterness is the epitome of selfishness, of rejection of all that is good and constructive - and a validated ticket to loneliness and isolation. With as much work as I expended on drinking, it takes as much if not more to keep bitterness going. Today, I'm too tired and disgusted with bitterness to give it the time and effort needed to fuel it. And our common journey continues. Step by step. - Chris M., 2016
Feb. 1, 2016 - Readings in Recovery: Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Monday, Feb. 1, 2016
AA Thought for the Day
When we think about having a drink, we're thinking of the kick we get out of drinking, the pleasure, the escape from boredom, the feeling of self-importance and the companionship of other drinkers. What we don't think of is the letdown, the hangover, the remorse, the waste of money and the facing of another day. In other words, when we think about that first drink, we're thinking of all the assets of drinking and none of the liabilities.
What has drinking really got that we haven't got in AA? Do I believe that the liabilities of drinking outweigh the assets?
Meditation for the Day
I will start a new life each day. I will put the old mistakes away and start anew each day. God always offers me a fresh start. I will not be burdened or anxious. If God's forgiveness were only for the righteous and those who had not sinned, where would be its need? I believe that God forgives us all of our sins, if we are honestly trying to live today the way He wants us to live. God forgives us much and we should be very grateful.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that my life may not be spoiled by worry and fear and selfishness. I pray that I may have a glad, thankful and humble heart.
Hazelden Foundation
Feb. 1, 2016 - Readings in Recovery: A Day at a Time
A Day at a Time
Monday, Feb. 1, 2016
Reflection for the Day
The longer I'm in The Program, the more clearly I see why it's important for me to understand why I do what I do and say what I say. In the process, I'm coming to realize what kind of person I really am. I see now, for example, that it's far easier to be honest with other people than with myself. I'm learning, also, that we're all hampered by our need to justify our actions and words.
Have I taken an inventory of myself as suggested in the Twelve Steps? Have I admitted my faults to myself, to God and to another human being?
Today I Pray
May I not be stalled in my recovery process by the enormity of The Program's Fourth Step, taking a moral inventory of myself or by admitting these shortcomings to myself, to God and to another human being. May I know that honesty to myself about myself is all-important.
Today I Will Remember
I cannot mend if I bend the truth.
Hazelden Foundation
Feb. 1, 2016 - Readings in Recovery: The Eye Opener
The Eye Opener
Monday, Feb. 1, 2016
To us alcoholics, our Twelve Steps of Recovery are the stars on which we set our course of sobriety. Like the seafaring man, we will not get them completely in our grasp, nor do we need to do so. If we but follow the course they indicate, we, too, will reach our haven.
Hazelden Foundation
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