Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Accepting our condition
It is important to realize that we are alcoholics and drug addicts, not ex-alcoholics or ex-addicts. We accept the fact that we have a chronic illness and that no amount of “discipline” and no magic cure will change that.
We are deluding ourselves if we think we can handle “just a little.” If we say, “I used to be an alcoholic” or “I used to be a drug addict,” then we may conclude that we can drink or take drugs and still stay in control. But for us, that’s the route to despair and, perhaps, death.
Do I accept my incurable illness?
Higher Power, help me never to forget who I am, what I am, and where my salvation lies.
I will practice acceptance today by…
Hazelden Foundation
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