Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Character is simply habit long continued.
— Plutarch
Addiction changed us. It ate away at our character – the inner backbone of morals and ethics that make us strong. We still wanted to be good people, even in the depths of our illness. We just could not seem to behave that way. Our disease was stronger than our moral backbone. We were powerless over alcohol and drugs, and they controlled our behavior.
Now that we are sober we are practicing new behaviors — behaviors guided by our morals and ethics, not by our addiction. As we continue to practice these new behaviors, they will become habits. And after a while, we will find that these good habits have made our moral backbone strong again. As we become healthy and strong in our recovery, we build our character.
Prayer for the Day
Higher Power, help me become a person of good character. Help me act in ways that match my new values, morals, and ethics. I need your help to stay sober and practice recovery behaviors that become a habit and build my character.
Today’s Action
Today I will think of some people I have met in the program whom I admire because they are solid in their goodness. I will call at least one of them and ask how he or she got that way.
Hazelden Foundation
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