Just for Today
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Just for today, I will not immerse myself so deeply into service or 12th-Step work that I neglect my own basic needs: to put into anything the passion I spent to drink, I will predictably suffer the same outcome of physical, emotional and spiritual bankruptcy. While we are called and even commanded by the 12th Step to commit ourselves to service, the quality of that service will be negligible if I have not stored and reserved enough for myself to offer something worth giving. Today, I will guard against becoming too hungry, angry, lonely or tired - HALT - to assure that I can be the best of what the 12th Step asks of us - to be an effective carrier of the message. Today, I will listen to the message again. And our common journey continues. Just for today. - Chris M., 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Just for today, I will not immerse myself so deeply into service or 12th-Step work that I neglect my own basic needs: to put into anything the passion I spent to drink, I will predictably suffer the same outcome of physical, emotional and spiritual bankruptcy. While we are called and even commanded by the 12th Step to commit ourselves to service, the quality of that service will be negligible if I have not stored and reserved enough for myself to offer something worth giving. Today, I will guard against becoming too hungry, angry, lonely or tired - HALT - to assure that I can be the best of what the 12th Step asks of us - to be an effective carrier of the message. Today, I will listen to the message again. And our common journey continues. Just for today. - Chris M., 2012
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