Just for Today
Friday, May 25, 2012
"The remorse, horror and hopelessness of the next morning are unforgettable. The courage to do battle was no there. (The) brain raced uncontrollably and there was a terrible sense of impending calamity. ...(A) mental fog settle down. Gin would fix that. So two bottles, and - oblivion." - Alcoholics Anonymous, Third Edition, 1976, Ch 1, p 6.
Just for today, I can be grateful that I awoke to a day without the remorse of what I might have done or said the night before, without a sense of hopelessness of what this new day will bring and without the fear of some unknown and unidentified pending disaster that feels like a bomb is about to explode and I don't know where to hide. Today, I have clarity of all I said and did last night, no dread of what these 24 Hours will serve and no need to run from a non-existent fear. My AA Program has empowered me with faith and trust in God who, in turn, has graced me with confidence and safety in the 12 Steps and, above all, with sobriety. But I cannot take for granted that I awoke to this day sober and with a sense of purpose. My reprieve from all those morning after's of so many yesterdays is only for this day, and this day I must continue to work that I awaken to the next 24 Hours without "remorse, horror and hopelessness." And our common journey continues. Just for today. - Chris M., 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
"The remorse, horror and hopelessness of the next morning are unforgettable. The courage to do battle was no there. (The) brain raced uncontrollably and there was a terrible sense of impending calamity. ...(A) mental fog settle down. Gin would fix that. So two bottles, and - oblivion." - Alcoholics Anonymous, Third Edition, 1976, Ch 1, p 6.
Just for today, I can be grateful that I awoke to a day without the remorse of what I might have done or said the night before, without a sense of hopelessness of what this new day will bring and without the fear of some unknown and unidentified pending disaster that feels like a bomb is about to explode and I don't know where to hide. Today, I have clarity of all I said and did last night, no dread of what these 24 Hours will serve and no need to run from a non-existent fear. My AA Program has empowered me with faith and trust in God who, in turn, has graced me with confidence and safety in the 12 Steps and, above all, with sobriety. But I cannot take for granted that I awoke to this day sober and with a sense of purpose. My reprieve from all those morning after's of so many yesterdays is only for this day, and this day I must continue to work that I awaken to the next 24 Hours without "remorse, horror and hopelessness." And our common journey continues. Just for today. - Chris M., 2012
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