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I had opportunity to have a very promising interview today....and in driving home, I realized that I went into that interview so differently than I would have before recovery. In the past, I would have expected them to give me the job on the spot and pout if it did not go my way. Gratefully, I know that I will be OK whether I get the job or not...which is wonderful to experience!!! Was I nervous? YES. Was I doubtful? YES. Did I get offered the job? NO...not yet, anyway! The waiting of the word YES is sometimes the longest wait of our lives...yet I know One who says YES to giving us a new start each day...our Higher Power... YES, today is a NEW day...a day to be good to ourselves. A day to enjoy a walk in the sun (or rain...). A day to enjoy time with friends, family, or, like me, take some time to reflect on just how far God has brought me this day. So, with the weekend coming, know that if today does not go as we plan, and God gives us the next day, this will be yesterday, and yesterday is gone... A good day (and weekend) to you all..... StevieRay
I find I am like a lot of other people these days...unemployed...no money for bills...applying day after day to face rejection or no response...trying to realize that being sober is better than being in my addiction and working my tail off...I realize that my Creator has put me in the place I am for such a time as this...I am sober today....just for today. I cannot count tomorrow, and I cannot change yesterday. I rejoice in hope for things to be better, rejoice in friends who encourage, love and support, show gratitude for family that supports emotionally, and for God giving the grace to endure this valley until I am back on the mountain...Today...I hold onto hope...sometimes it's all we have, and for that I rejoice this day...
Tags: Inventory
Isn't is amazing how we can be given the gift of recovery by our HP...yet we test the very boundaries we set? It's like playing chicken with our three circles...I have found that my "little addict" loves to play between middle and inner circle behaviors...and I end up wondering how I got there!!!! I just wanted to throw this random thought out to let you know that it's OK to struggle...if you don't struggle, you can't grow! But, there comes the time for "the bottom line" as Stone Cold Steve Austin used to say...and that time comes when you "wake up" and say..."Ya know what? I don't need to go there. I know where that leads, and I am stronger than that!" That's on our good days...we all fall...but we don't stay down when we remember Who picks us up, cleans our wounds, and surrounds us with grace... Enjoy that grace today. I can't live without it!!!
Tags: Encouragement
Today was a very special spring day...I have three children...ages nine, five and 21 months. (Girl. Boy, Girl). Their mother and I are separated, and my addiction pretty much sealed that deal. Even while attempting recovery, a lot of the love and affection passed away some time ago. However (as this is positive, so bear with me!!!)... Today I took my kids to church with me...had lunch...went to visit my mom with them...and took time out to just watch them play. To see the simple joy of playing with sticks...picking small flowers...running and playing as children do...and it reminded me of how my Higher Power wants me to see His world...not as some dreary existence...but an adventure!!!! As the afternoon went on, the youngest child started to fuss some. She reached her little arms out and looked at me with that pitiful little face...and I picked her up. She sighed, wrapped her arms around me...and fell asleep. The other two were smiling at me and hugging me all throughout the day, but it is the youngest who holds my heart the most...Her smile and her little ways melt me and remind me that I am OK...I am valuable...and that I am loved...no matter what... We all are...if we take the time to realize it...
Tags: Recovery
Today is a warm, breezy, sunny day. After a lot of rain and depression-centered thoughts during it, the sun has seemed to make sobriety a great place to be. I am new to this site, but not new to recovering...I am happy for every day I can truly say I am sober. I know that powerlessness leads me to my Higher Power, who asks me to turn it over...sounds simple? Not really...I still have choices. Today, I choose sobriety...not dark despair of where I used to be... Care to join me?
Tags: Sobriety
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