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bluidkiti · 09-04-2024, 06:53 AM

September 4

It is not true that life is one **** thing after another - it is one **** thing over and over.

~Edna St. Vincent Millay

If there's one thing you can say for addicted people, it's that we're hardheaded. It takes us a long time to be convinced that something is bad for us, particularly if it feels good momentarily. It's also hard to convince us that something is good for us, even when we desperately want to stop feeling bad. As a result, we've spent much of our life doing things over and over - spinning our wheels.

Luckily, there's a cure for this. It's called turning it over. We quit trying to figure out what is good or bad for us, or even what is in our best interest. We know that, on our own, there’s no sure way we can tell. Instead, we ask a higher authority to handle it for us. That authority is God.

Instead of continually trying to control my life, I'll continually turn it over to the care of God.

Today's reading is from the book In God's Care: Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery*

09-04-2024, 06:53 AM	#5
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 72,749	September 4 It is not true that life is one ** thing after another - it is one ** thing over and over. ~Edna St. Vincent Millay If there's one thing you can say for addicted people, it's that we're hardheaded. It takes us a long time to be convinced that something is bad for us, particularly if it feels good momentarily. It's also hard to convince us that something is good for us, even when we desperately want to stop feeling bad. As a result, we've spent much of our life doing things over and over - spinning our wheels. Luckily, there's a cure for this. It's called turning it over. We quit trying to figure out what is good or bad for us, or even what is in our best interest. We know that, on our own, there’s no sure way we can tell. Instead, we ask a higher authority to handle it for us. That authority is God. Instead of continually trying to control my life, I'll continually turn it over to the care of God. Today's reading is from the book In God's Care: Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery* __________________ "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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