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bluidkiti · 03-09-2025, 07:38 AM

March 9

You can pay too high for a bit of soft living.

~Mary Norton

We didn't become addicts by choice. We thought we had found an easier, softer way. We thought we could squeeze a little bit more fun and excitement out of life by our drinking or drug use. We thought we could control the outcome of our use, but we could not. Soon it controlled us. Oh, we pretended we were still in control, but in our heart of hearts, we knew we were lost.

Our addiction then asked for our dignity, and we gave it. Our addiction asked for our relationships with those we loved, and we paid up. Addiction asked that we betray our values and spiritual principles, and we did. Addiction kept asking for more, and we kept on paying; this is loss of control.

Social users will not give up their dignity, relationships, and values for their use, but addicts do. This is our illness. Now that we are in recovery, we don't have to give them up either.
Prayer for the Day

Higher Power, help me do the things I need to do to stay sober, even if I think they are hard to do - for with your help all things are doable.

Today's Action

I will do the hard things first. If there is a call I've put off, I'll make it. If there is someone I need to talk with but I'm afraid to, I'll talk with that person today.'Today's reading is from the book God Grant Me: More Daily Meditations from the Authors of Keep It Simple*

03-09-2025, 07:38 AM	#10
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 75,392	March 9 You can pay too high for a bit of soft living. ~Mary Norton We didn't become addicts by choice. We thought we had found an easier, softer way. We thought we could squeeze a little bit more fun and excitement out of life by our drinking or drug use. We thought we could control the outcome of our use, but we could not. Soon it controlled us. Oh, we pretended we were still in control, but in our heart of hearts, we knew we were lost. Our addiction then asked for our dignity, and we gave it. Our addiction asked for our relationships with those we loved, and we paid up. Addiction asked that we betray our values and spiritual principles, and we did. Addiction kept asking for more, and we kept on paying; this is loss of control. Social users will not give up their dignity, relationships, and values for their use, but addicts do. This is our illness. Now that we are in recovery, we don't have to give them up either. Prayer for the Day Higher Power, help me do the things I need to do to stay sober, even if I think they are hard to do - for with your help all things are doable. Today's Action I will do the hard things first. If there is a call I've put off, I'll make it. If there is someone I need to talk with but I'm afraid to, I'll talk with that person today.'Today's reading is from the book God Grant Me: More Daily Meditations from the Authors of Keep It Simple* __________________ "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.