Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Reflection for the Day
Among the many gifts that we are offered in recovery is the gift of freedom. Paradoxically, however, the gift of freedom is not without a price tag; freedom can only be achieved by paying the price called acceptance. Similarly, if we can surrender to our Higher Power, it will cost us our selfish focus — a “commodity” so precious to those of us who have always thought we could and should run the show.
Is my freedom today worth the price tag of acceptance?
Today I Pray
May my Higher Power teach me acceptance – the ability to accept the things I cannot change – and also grant me courage to change those things I can. I ask my Higher Power for help in accepting my disease — addiction — and to give me the courage to change my addictive behavior.
Today I Will Remember
Accept the addiction. Change the behavior.
Hazelden Foundation
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