This day started with thoughts about the Promises. Particularly a new happiness and a new freedom. And, of course, thoughts of a day at a time.
But that all changed, when I found myself inundated with a lot of stuff from all around me. This thing and that. I suddenly found myself, living a minute at a time. Keeping my mouth shut and trying to mind my own business.
Not long after that, because I have this virus or something, the thought hit me from my old sponsor: act as if everything is ok. I did and things began to settle down. All the chaos around me began to become just that; ok.
Then, when I got home, I got a chance to sit quietly and the thought at the beginning of the day came back; a new happiness and a new freedom.
In the meantime the phone rang and a friend in the program was talking and he reminded me that he was told to stop thinking and get out of his head. I thanked him for that. I know just how prone I am, especially when things are chaotic, to start that “thinking”. I forget to say “stop!” and ask for help.
Anyway, I was thinking about a new happiness and a new freedom. Why wouldn’t I be happy? After all, I have, by the grace of my higher power, been freed from the bondage of alcohol.