In the beginning, you want to get sober, but you're helpless, so you turn to a Power greater than yourself and by trusting in that Power, you get the strength to stop drinking. From then on, you want to keep sober, and that's a matter of reeducating your mind. After a while, you get so that you really enjoy simple, healthy, normal living. You really get a kick out of life without the artificial stimulus of alcohol. All you have to do is to look around at the members of any A.A. group and you will see how their outlook has changed. Is my outlook on life changing?
Meditation for the Day ~
I will never forget to say thank you to God, even on the greyest days. My attitude will be one of humility and gratitude. Saying thank you to God is a daily practice that is absolutely necessary. If a day is not one of thankfulness, the practice has to be repeated until it becomes so. Gratitude is a necessary for those who seek to live a better life.
Prayer for the Day ~
I pray that gratitude will bring humility. I pray that humility will bring me to live a better life.
Hazelden
(Let it be a God or Higher Power of your own understanding)
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Progress not perfection.. & Practice makes Progress!
Went to an aniiversary meeting last night and the lead, Bob, has 45 years! Sober longer than I have been alive!!!!! Talk about gratitude and a thankful heart. It was one of the most moving leads I have ever heard. Even after all these years, as he was sharing, a few times he really got choked up! I had tears in my eyes a few times!
Humility, thankfulness and gratitude were exactly the thoughts and actions he had to share with us! Very powerful!! Lani
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"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. "
