todAAy i AAm grAAteful & thAAnkful
for awareness of the way I've changed over the years. I can look back on my 33 years of drinking and see the progression of my disease. I see how it quickly became the most important part of every day regardless of whether I was actively drinking yet that day.
I no longer drink alcohol. Amazing.
Since I stopped drinking, the evolution of my understanding of a Higher Power still amazes me. If you knew how negative I was about spirituality and God before I came into AA, you would understand what I mean.
I've changed in that I am usually no longer afraid of people. I have trained myself to greet strangers at the AA clubhouse I attend. It's still a little scary sometime, but I tell myself that it's part of my recovery from isolation. Just do it, David.
I enjoy doing things for others. No longer am I only concerned with what I can take away from a situation, but it's important for me to leave some recovery on the table.
My temper seems to be in check. From day number one of sobriety, I almost never raise my voice any more. This is a new me!
We cannot change anything until we accept it.
- Carl Jung
6 comments:
I like the new you.
I may have liked th old you as well but we will never know.
You get up as early as I do. Earlier even, when you count the time difference.
You are a steady voice of good recovery. Thank you.
Letting go of anger is an awesome thing. Glad that there is a new you.
In regards to anger, I still have an ocassional outburst. Working on that!
Acceptance is huge, isn't it? And then the change is what God wills. If I'm 'accepting' with fingers crossed because I have an agenda about how I'm going to change, well then, that just doesn't work that way!
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