~SPIRITUAL~ A DAY AT A TIME

01-28 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY
Now that I am in The Program, I am no longer enslaved by alcohol and other drugs.  Free, free at last from the morning-after tremors, the dry heaves, the three-day beard, the misplaced eyelashes.  Free, free at last from working out the alibis and hoping they won't unravel; free from blackouts; free from watching the clock so that I can somehow get that desperately needed "first one."  DO I TREASURE MY FREEDOM FROM CHEMICAL ENSLAVEMENT?

TODAY I PRAY
Praise God that I am free of chemicals.  This is my first freedom, from which other freedoms will develop -- freedom to appraise my behavior sanely and constructively, freedom to grow as a person, freedom to maintain relationships with others on a sound basis.  I will never cease to thank my Higher Power for leading me away from my enslavement.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Praise God for my freedom. 

This song reminds me of how I USE to feel sometimes when I was in my drinking days.. *coming down* off that weekend binge.  It would make me feel lonely.  Wishing I was drunk again cuz it was *funner*.  Sooo I thought.  It was all miserable really.  I am very .. very grateful for my SOBRIETY.. and I do give Paise to God !!

Johnny Cash.. Sunday Morning Coming Down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cru2ld06-A


Johnny Cash..  Unchained

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dqbv8a1Qtg&feature=related