Today's Thought - December - Bluidkiti's Alcohol and Drug Addictions Recovery Help/Support Forums

bluidkiti · 12-10-2024, 04:31 AM

December 10

It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.

~Irish Proverb

In the history of AA, we learn about the famous doctor Carl Jung who wrote that alcoholics are people who live outside "the protective wall of human community." It is true. When we were using, we were outsiders. We may have hung out with other outsiders, but we were not part of a loving group of people who cared for each other in healthy ways.

In recovery, all that changes. We enter loving groups as we join in Twelve Step fellowship, and we form healthy friendships and family relationships. We start to feel like part of something that protects us.
Prayer for the Day

Higher Power, help me give up my pride in being an outsider. Help me feel the comfort and happiness of being part of a healthy group of people.
Today's Action

I will make a list of the people I feel connected to in my sober life. I will call my sponsor and talk about how I feel about these new relationships.

Today's reading is from the book God Grant Me: More Daily Meditations from the Authors of Keep It Simple*

12-10-2024, 04:31 AM	#10
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 74,191	December 10 It is in the shelter of each other that the people live. ~Irish Proverb In the history of AA, we learn about the famous doctor Carl Jung who wrote that alcoholics are people who live outside "the protective wall of human community." It is true. When we were using, we were outsiders. We may have hung out with other outsiders, but we were not part of a loving group of people who cared for each other in healthy ways. In recovery, all that changes. We enter loving groups as we join in Twelve Step fellowship, and we form healthy friendships and family relationships. We start to feel like part of something that protects us. Prayer for the Day Higher Power, help me give up my pride in being an outsider. Help me feel the comfort and happiness of being part of a healthy group of people. Today's Action I will make a list of the people I feel connected to in my sober life. I will call my sponsor and talk about how I feel about these new relationships. Today's reading is from the book God Grant Me: More Daily Meditations from the Authors of Keep It Simple* __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.

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