~SPIRITUAL NOT RELIGIOUS~ A DAY AT A TIME
03/31 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY
My illness is unlike most other illnesses in that DENIAL that I am sick is a primary symptom that I AM sick. Like such other incurable illnesses as diabetes and arthritis, however, my illness is characterized by relapses. In The Program, we call such relapses "slips." The one thing I know for certain is that I alone can cause myself to slip. WILL I REMEMBER AT ALL TIMES THAT THE THOUGHT PRECEDES THE ACTION? WILL I TRY TO AVOID "STINKING THINKING?"
TODAY I PRAY
May God give me the power to resist temptations. May the responsibility for giving in, for having a "slip," be on my shoulders and mine only. May I see BEFOREHAND if I am setting myself up for a slip by blame-shifting, shirking my responsibility to myself, becoming the world's poor puppet once again. My return to those old attitudes can be as much of a slip as the act of losing my sobriety.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Nobody's slip-proof.
My illness is unlike most other illnesses in that DENIAL that I am sick is a primary symptom that I AM sick. Like such other incurable illnesses as diabetes and arthritis, however, my illness is characterized by relapses. In The Program, we call such relapses "slips." The one thing I know for certain is that I alone can cause myself to slip. WILL I REMEMBER AT ALL TIMES THAT THE THOUGHT PRECEDES THE ACTION? WILL I TRY TO AVOID "STINKING THINKING?"
TODAY I PRAY
May God give me the power to resist temptations. May the responsibility for giving in, for having a "slip," be on my shoulders and mine only. May I see BEFOREHAND if I am setting myself up for a slip by blame-shifting, shirking my responsibility to myself, becoming the world's poor puppet once again. My return to those old attitudes can be as much of a slip as the act of losing my sobriety.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Nobody's slip-proof.
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin
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