Just for Today
Monday, Aug. 6, 2012
Just for today, I will remember all that I have lost – since I literally stumbled into AA and began to work a Program. I have lost waking up in my own vomit, the daily hangovers, the shakes and needing the whiskey shot every morning to stops the tremors. I’ve lost not being able to function physically and cognitively at work, and I’ve lost having to call in sick with the lie that I’m having a tooth pulled or that my grandmother died – for the sixth or seventh time. I’ve lost feeling sorry for myself and the ego that fueled it, and I’ve lost my refusal to accept responsibility for the consequences of my bad choices. I can easily get all that back but, today, I have a gift to choose waking up without all that garbage. I’ll take the second option and stick with the Program that took all that stuff away. And our common journey continues. Just for today. - Chris M., 2012
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.
