Today is a reminder of what I learned from my sponsor. Not to go ahead to tomorrow. Stay in the day and deal with whatever whenever. What am I talking about? The predictions on the storm coming into our area. It’s not here. It’s out there and that’s where I’m leaving it.<\/p>\n
That doesn’t mean that we just let things go. I can always be prepared to some extent. But I’m not going into what will or won’t happen. I lived that way for a long time in the past. Today is the only day I can stay sober. And that is where my mind is right now.<\/p>\n
I’ve seen what has happened to others, who get too absorbed in the future. Watched people who have gone crazy in anticipation of what hasn’t happened. If I really believe in what I’ve learned to practice in here, I need to place myself and others in the hands of my Higher Power and to deal with what is right in front of me.<\/p>\n
Part of what I have learned in here began with what for me was a huge step into my staying sober. That was what I so often go back to. The Second Step. It opened the door for me into a spiritual way of life that I desperately needed, even though I didn’t know that at the time. Thank my sponsor for that.<\/p>\n
The reason I’m going through this now is a brief meditation on what it is I always need to do. To turn my life and my will over to my Higher Power. The Third Step and beyond. Eventually the Eleventh Step. As human as I am, with all my defects and imperfections, I know that if I keep trying to practice these principles in all of my affairs that I will be able to stay sober a day at a time.<\/p>\n
Anyway, just taking time out for a few moments to remind myself of why I am here. Just an expression of what I need to do. My gratitude to my Higher Power, my sponsor, and all those people I have met and have helped me to do what I cannot do alone. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today is a reminder of what I learned from my sponsor. Not to go ahead to tomorrow. Stay in the day and deal with whatever whenever. What am I talking about? The predictions on the storm coming into our area. It’s not here. It’s out there and that’s where I’m leaving it. That doesn’t mean … <\/p>\n