"When we refuse to accept the reality of today, we are denying faith in our Higher Power.  This can only bring more suffering."

IP No. 8, Just for Today

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Some days just aren't the way we wish they would be.  Our problems may be as simple as a broken shoelace or having to stand in line at the supermarket.  Or we may experience something far more serious, such as the loss of a job, a home, or a loved one.  Either way, we often end up looking for a way to avoid our feelings instead of simply acknowledging that those feelings are painful.

No one promises us that everything will go our way when we stop using.  In fact, we can be sure that life will go on whether were using or not.  We will face good days and bad days, comfortable feelings and painful feelings.  But we don't have to run from any of them any longer.

We can experience pain, grief, sadness, anger, frustration--all those feelings we once avoided with drugs.  We find that we can get through those emotions clean.  We won't die and the world won't come to an end just because we have uncomfortable feelings.  We learn to trust that we can survive what each day brings.

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Just for today:  I will demonstrate my trust in God by experiencing this day just as it is.