Daily
Reflections reading May 20th
One Day At A Time
Above
all, take it one day at a time. AS BILL SEES IT, p.11
Why
do I kid myself that I must stay away from a drink for only one day, when I know
perfectly well I must never drink again as long as I live? I am not kidding
myself because one day at a time is probably the only way I can reach the
long-range objective of staying sober. If I determine that I shall never drink
again as long as I live, I set myself up. How can I be sure I won’t drink when
I have no idea what the future may hold? On a day-at-a-time basis, I am
confident I can stay away from a drink for one day. So I set out with
confidence. At the end of the day, I have the reward of achievement.
Achievement feels good and that makes me want more!
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My
thoughts on May 20th Reading
Just for today to me there is an easer
softer way to living and its not different for any of us, its the 12 steps,
they give us all the tools to find the way home, all we need to do is use them
to find the road to recovery, its simple just do not drink or drug etc
But sure is not easy, it takes a lot of
work to not to pick up again, but living one day at a time it can be done, what
else is there but this moment in time to live, its all anyone has this one day,
we find out in times of our needs we really do only have this one day to live
This hit home to when I got that shock
from my defibrillator, life can end that fast ventricular tachycardia can take
you in a moment, thank God the defibrillator worked that day, the day before
thanksgiving my blood pressures out of whack, spent night in hospital managed
to cook the turkey
But I have a lot of help from my family
doing this. They did the heave lifting all I did was prep it. For one day I can
plan things I want to do, but plans are subject to change. Can’t plan the
results change is not something I deal with well, usually I kick and scream
Till I stop and look at my plan, God just
does not like some of my plans so He changes them for me because He loves me,
well if my program is working in my live, I keep it simple and accept them with
serenity, but if I am having one of those days
Then I blame everyone and everything for
the change, this brings me right back to one day at a time, keeping it simple
in this one simple day, I have been around a long time, when I got here they
told me it takes time TIME =Things I must Earn
But today I have earned these things that
God gave me, so TIME has changed to Things I May Enjoy but only if I let God
drive the bus, I also remember when I had to go back for bypass surgery how
easy it was to think I have a bunch of tomorrows
But the truth is I only have this one day
I need to focus on what needs to be done now, I have heard people talk about
living in the NOW, today I understand how to do that, NOW stands for No Other
Way, its Gods way or nothing will change
God bless you Al M
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