My family may have a disease and it’s not me. My family may drink poison and serves poison up to each other, but I don’t have to. My family may choose to deny the impact of addiction and the trauma that follows it but I don’t have to. My family may defend their right to
Today, I see that to change my life I have to change myself. When I say that I would like world peace, first I will understand that without inner peace there will be no world peace. One of the ways in which I can serve the cause of humanity is to be, within myself, a
Today, I recognize that a Higher Power lives and breathes inside me, through me and as me. God is available twenty four seven, not only one day a week. My direct access to myself is my direct access to my Higher Power, and my estrangement from myself is my estrangement from my Higher Power. I
Today I will place the problems I cannot solve into the loving hands of my Higher Power. I will surrender. I will stop straining for a solution that is not readily coming. Problems get solved in God’s time not mine. If I wait for each and every problem to be solved before I feel good,
Making amends to others sets things straight with myself. I can’t do anything about another person’s behavior but I can keep my side of the street clean. I will finish up and bring some closure to my side of things for my own peace of mind and allow the rest to be where it is,
Today, I am able to live with my fear that I will not like myself or those close to me if I change or if they change. Change is threatening, and recovery includes many transformations and new choices. It doesn’t seem to matter to my fearful self if the change is for the better or
Today, I understand that dumping blame on someone else does not relieve pain or make my life better in the long run. If I reach out to others by attacking and blaming them, how can I expect them to hear anything that I say? If I want to be heard, I need to risk being
My time and what I do with it is precious to me, it is all I have to call my very own. I won’t throw it away and then blame someone else for gobbling it up. I have a right to protect the quiet and enjoyment of my day, to do more of those things
There are no victims, only volunteers. If there is something I don’t like in the way things are going for me, I will see what subtle but significant changes I can make. I can change the subject if someone goes on and on about things that I don’t want to talk about. I can quietly