I was thinking today about the same old same old. That kind of thing where something drifts over us and we begin to tire of hearing the same old stuff. Enough of this about not drinking and a day at a time. I’ve heard it before so many times.
A friend of mine sent me a forwarded email in which there was something of this being said. The person who wrote it was not saying that they were sticking with that kind of thinking, but the idea was there. I’ve gone through this before and have heard others saying the same thing.
Years ago, an old friend said that, if he heard something new in the meetings, he’d know he was in the wrong place. I guess the reason we hear much of the same things is that they’re the truth and they work. In fact, I am so glad that I can hear the stuff I often forget in the course of a day. So many things tend to pull my mind away from what it is necessary for me to
remember.
Whenever I’m tempted to think I know all there is to know and feel like I’m getting tired of what I hear in meetings I go back in my mind and remember what it was that made me come here. I also need to remind myself of my own experience in this program. Experience which reminds me that what I’m hearing works, because it has helped me stay sober through the good and bad times.
Just thinking and being grateful.