Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Oct. 21, 2014 - After the Tears

The Serenity Prayer
After the Tears
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014

Today, I can extend gratitude but pull back on taking pride on the day that greeted me sober and saw me through doing what is expected of me - expected of the Program, expected of the responsibilities to sobriety, and expected of myself. I need not be bogged down with anything from my drinking past - shame, remorse, regret, grandiosity, egoism, anger, depression, or anything else that I could find to keep myself in the gutter. Today, if I awakened sober and proceed through the day doing what is expected of me and doing it with integrity and ethics and then go to sleep remembering all that I said and did, then today will be good. I can be grateful for that seemingly simple achievement and, today, it is enough. And our common journey continues. After the tears. - Chris M., 2014

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