This is to wish you all a Merry Christmas. At the same time it’s a reminder to me. Last night, I was thinking about this as I was in bed and ended up laughing. What struck me was that, when I would send such a greeting, I was really talking about tomorrow. Tomorrow is not important. Today is. Right now.
What struck me is that this is still a one day at a time program. It’s one of the principles, which is so important to me and my sobriety. I cannot live in the future, any more than I can live in the past. I used to think to myself that I had stopped drinking forever, but forever never comes. It’s always right now and no further. And that’s good. I can only handle today. Someone once said that we can’t do tomorrow’s dirty dishes today. As Annie sang, tomorrow is always a day away.
I can only stay sober today. I’ll worry about tomorrow when it comes. As long as I’m practicing the program today, I’m okay. If I think about it, everything is all right right this moment. And each moment, which comes to me, is always all right. That takes away a lot of emotional stuff I can get into when I think ahead.
So, I’m going to stay in the moment just for today. I’m sober right now and that makes me grateful. Grateful to God and to all of you, who have supported me in my sobriety. Right now I have freedom from alcohol and that’s the best thing that ever happened to me.
Anyway, just thinking about being sober.