~SPIRITUAL~ A DAY AT A TIME

09/16 
REFLECTION FOR THE DAY
We learn from others in The Program that the best way to deal with painful situations is to meet them head-on, to deal with them honestly and realistically, and to try to learn from them and use them as springboards for growth.  Through The Program and our contact with a Higher Power, we can find the courage to use pain for triumphant growth.  WILL I BELIEVE THAT WHATEVER PAIN I EXPERIENCE IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR THE JOY OF BECOMING THE PERSON I WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE?

TODAY I PRAY
May my Higher Power give me the courage I need to stop running away from painful situations.  The chemical was my escape hatch, the trap door I counted on to swallow me when life became too monstrous or villainous to bear.  Now that I have locked that door, may I face pain and learn from it.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
My compulsion: a trap-door -- and a trap.