October 4
Pray for the Courage to Change
While mind involvement is crucial for recovery, it frequently is not there at the beginning. We still show denial and resistance to considering ourselves addicted, we fear giving up chemicals and we fear change. Sobriety requires not only abstinence, but changes in attitude, behavior, priorities, and friends. It is easy to become complacent after several years of abstinence, and to think we have made all essential changes. This is not true. Why else do we say the Serenity Prayer? Why else do we pray for the courage to change?
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"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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