Hello everyone! For last couple weeks I have been having a harder time than usual staying in the day, with a lot of focus on lot of things coming up and a feeling of being unsettled(applicable cause we are at the moment)Our literature tells us that N.A. IS LIKE A LIFEBOAT IN A SEA OF ISOLATION, HOPELESNESS AND DESTRUCTIVE CHAOS. Our faith,strength and hope come from people sharing their recovery and from our relationship with the God of our own understanding.Man do those words ring so true for me right now(written by addicts for addicts!!!)And on the back side of that my spiritual readings tell me"anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows,but only empties today of its strength."Getting out to area and attending different meetings really has helped me pay attention to what is written down for me.Just for Today,I will focus on "just for today" I'm just boarding the lifeboat now:)..
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Our purpose is to remain clean,just for today,and to carry the message of recovery.
Thanks Mike. I appreciate all that you do in holding this together evevry day for me. Everyone that shares does that and makes my today a little easier to tolerate.
I'll never forget reading these words: Reality became uncomfortable, eventually intolerable. When I read those words, I knew that book was written for me!
There is no doubt in my mind that the only reason I avoid today is that for some reason I still, from time to time, believe that reality is intolerable. I don't have to stay there, I do have to find healthy ways to experience life in moderacy, and learn that it is always tolerable!
Keeping th focus on "just for today" is really hard for me. But when I can manage it, my day is always better. Just for today I will stay in just for today.
