Wednesday roll call

[teddiebears]

Hello!

It was nice to see you all yesterday.

Citoig - nothing wrong with tooting your own horn a little bit -- 33 years sober is one heck of an accomplishment!!

Christina - nice that you stopped by. I've had some trouble in the past with a message board being a 'trigger' for me too, so I sort of understand what you mean.

Bats - another uplifting from you -- congrats in 7-1/2 years sober/clean and it's nice to hear that your daughter is too.

Nothing very exciting happening with me -- as citoig said - I'm taking it "ONE day at a time."

A reading for today -

You are reading from the book Twenty Four Hours a Day Hardcover (24 Hours)

A.A. Thought for the Day

In A.A. we often hear the slogan "Easy Does It." Alcoholics always do everything to excess. They drink too much. They worry too much. They have too many resentments. They hurt themselves physically and mentally by too much of every thing. So when they come into A.A., they have to learn to take it easy. None of us knows how much longer we have to live. It's probable that we wouldn't have lived very long if we had continued to drink the way we used to. By stopping drinking, we have increased our chances of living for a while longer. Have I learned to take it easy?

Meditation for the Day

You must be before you can do. To accomplish much, be much. In all cases, the doing must be the expression of the being. It is foolish to think that we can accomplish much in personal relationships without first preparing ourselves by being honest, pure, unselfish, and loving. We must choose the good and keep choosing it, before we are ready to be used by God to accomplish anything worthwhile. We will not be given the opportunities until we are ready for them. Quiet times of communion with the Higher Power are good preparation for creative action.

Prayer for the Day

I pray that I may constantly prepare myself for better things to come. I pray that I may only have opportunities when I am ready for them.

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I often use a similar prayer to help me feel stronger and more capable to face whatever will happen each day, today and all the tomorrows to come.

Learning to "take it easy" is one area that I need to constantly remind myself to work on. I think some of my worries and doing things to excess (along with being 'hyper' at times) comes from Bipolar Disorder, but telling myself to 'take it easy' is still a valuable part of my recovery process.

[houghchrst]

Here! I think ! Am I all here? Well some of me is here.