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bluidkiti · 01-09-2024, 06:27 AM

January 9

My Takeaway and Excuse

Even before my first duty station, I showed up with a buddy, and we both must have smelled just like a brewery still. I think the drill sergeant made us do some push-ups and kind of laughed his head off and then, you know, told us to disappear.

I remember my takeaway from that was, Okay, so that means we can get away with it. I can get away with this. Even though the drinking age was twenty-one and I was still about eighteen, my alcohol use was laughed off instead of addressed head-on. I used that fact as an excuse to convince myself that it was all right to prioritize getting drunk over almost anything else.

On this day, I will stay accountable for my behavior and will not make excuses.

~Dennis D., U.S. Army, 1997–2003

Today's reading is from the book Leave No One Behind: Daily meditations for Military Service Members and Veterans in Recovery*

01-09-2024, 06:27 AM	#9
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 71,112	January 9 My Takeaway and Excuse Even before my first duty station, I showed up with a buddy, and we both must have smelled just like a brewery still. I think the drill sergeant made us do some push-ups and kind of laughed his head off and then, you know, told us to disappear. I remember my takeaway from that was, Okay, so that means we can get away with it. I can get away with this. Even though the drinking age was twenty-one and I was still about eighteen, my alcohol use was laughed off instead of addressed head-on. I used that fact as an excuse to convince myself that it was all right to prioritize getting drunk over almost anything else. On this day, I will stay accountable for my behavior and will not make excuses. ~Dennis D., U.S. Army, 1997–2003 Today's reading is from the book Leave No One Behind: Daily meditations for Military Service Members and Veterans in Recovery* __________________ "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.