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bluidkiti · 02-16-2025, 05:33 AM

February 16

Reflection for the Day

Recovery teaches us that we are bodily and mentally different from our fellows. We are reminded that the great obsession of every abnormal drinker or dependent user - and every one of us who is otherwise addictive - is to prove that somehow, someday, we will be able to control our drinking, using, eating, or gambling. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing, we are told, and many pursue it to the gates of insanity or death. Have I conceded to my innermost self that, for me, "One is too many and a thousand not enough"?

Today I Pray

May I have no illusions about someday becoming a moderate drinker or drug user after being an obsessive one. May I muffle any small voice of destructive pride that lies to me, telling me that I can now go back to my former use and control it. This is a program of no return, and I thank my Higher Power for it.
Today I Will Remember

My goal must be lifelong abstinence - a day at a time.

Today's reading is from the book A Day at a Time: Daily Reflections for Recovering People*

02-16-2025, 05:33 AM	#18
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 75,073	February 16 Reflection for the Day Recovery teaches us that we are bodily and mentally different from our fellows. We are reminded that the great obsession of every abnormal drinker or dependent user - and every one of us who is otherwise addictive - is to prove that somehow, someday, we will be able to control our drinking, using, eating, or gambling. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing, we are told, and many pursue it to the gates of insanity or death. Have I conceded to my innermost self that, for me, "One is too many and a thousand not enough"? Today I Pray May I have no illusions about someday becoming a moderate drinker or drug user after being an obsessive one. May I muffle any small voice of destructive pride that lies to me, telling me that I can now go back to my former use and control it. This is a program of no return, and I thank my Higher Power for it. Today I Will Remember My goal must be lifelong abstinence - a day at a time. Today's reading is from the book A Day at a Time: Daily Reflections for Recovering People* __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.

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