Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Program meetings are like vitamins: Our need for them is ongoing.
A question newcomers frequently ask is “How long do I have to go to these meetings?” “Until you want to,” the old-timers reply. At first we don’t understand. But our lives begin to change because we are behaving in new ways, ways we’ve learned through the program.
We’ve probably heard that insanity means doing the same harmful thing repeatedly but always expecting a different outcome. That’s how we lived for years, no doubt. Now we have a new plan to live by and a new set of expectations. It’s wonderful and so comforting to realize that our lives today and in the future can be far more rewarding and serene as the result of taking our “daily vitamin.” Our growth and happiness will be ongoing if we make a commitment to the program.
My Twelve Step program gives me hope that today will be handled with ease. I will know what to do.
Hazelden Foundation
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