A Day at a Time
Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012
Reflection for the Day
Self-pity is one of the most miserable and consuming defects I know. Because of its interminable demands for attention and sympathy, my self-pity cuts off my communication with others, especially communication with my Higher Power. When I look at it that way, I realize that self-pity limits my spiritual progress. It’s also a very real form of martyrdom, which is a luxury I simply can’t afford. The remedy, I’ve been taught, is to have a hard look at myself and a still harder one at The Program’s Twelve Steps to recovery.
Do I ask my Higher Power to relieve me of the bondage of self?
Today I Pray
May I know from observation that self-pitiers get almost no pity from anyone else. Nobody – not even God – can fill their out-sized demands for sympathy. May I recognize my own unsavory feeling of self-pity when it creeps in to rob me of my serenity. May God keep me wary of its sneakiness.
Today I Will Remember
My captor is my self.
My purpose here is to reach as many people as possible who need a message of hope that recovery from alcoholism is possible and that sobriety is possible through a program that emphasizes personal choice, consequences of choices and our responsibility to those consequences. To anyone who finds hope or solace here, may your Higher Power guide you to the serenity and discipline of recovery.
