“Flashbacks & déjà vu; how did we get here, 38 years later, clean and sober?”

....Angel of darkness is upon you Stuck a needle in your arm, So take another toke, have a blow for your nose And one more drink fool, will drown you, ….The smell of death surrounds you”

“Have we really tried God? Since all the other methods have failed, a divine compulsion is laid upon everyone to find the power of God and make use of it. It is not merely a new theory about God that we are looking for . . .. Our trouble is that we have not really believed that this Presence exists and operates in human affairs. We have not realized the Divine Presence as a living and dynamic reality. What we need is the direct experience of a conscious contact with the Divine.”

Adapted from 365 Science of Mind

“Recovery offers ongoing invitations from God for us to try new activities, move along unfamiliar corridors, and tackle new challenges. Embracing these invitations, we strengthen our trust; to trust more in our Higher Power's presence and loving guidance. Our Higher Power is our most treasured friend & teacher, our most significant other. We'll never be led astray trusting the guidance offered. Today, I will ask God for direction & attune myself to a new awareness.”

Adapted from In God's Care: Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery©1991 by Hazelden Foundation

Meditation for the Day “I believe that life is a school in which I must learn spiritual things. I must trust in God and He will teach me. I must listen to God and He will speak through my mind. I must commune with Him in spite of all opposition and every obstacle. There will be days when I will hear no voice in my mind and when there will come no intimate heart to heart communion. But if I persist, and make a life habit of schooling myself in spiritual things, God will reveal Himself to me in many ways. Prayer for the Day I pray that I may regularly go to school in things of the spirit. I pray that I may grow spiritually by making a practice of these things.”

Adapted from Twenty-Four Hours a Day© 1975 by Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved.