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Monday, January 23, 2017

Meme of the Day: 23JAN17


 "When you eat healthy and exercise for one day and expect your summer body to just be there when you look down.


I made this meme this morning after reading the daily mediation from Just for Today. I thought it was fitting. Maintenance. You don't get the desired results in recovery without putting in the work and then when that initial work is inputted, you still have to fight the complacency and keep up with maintenance to stay on track with your program. You can't undo years of abuse and neglect you and the way you lived life in active addiction done to your self (body, mind, and spirit) in a few months. True, those first few months take a whole lot of work to get but that is just scratching the surface of what really tends to anchor you in pursing your addiction actively. To a lot of us, we don't want to deal with it...it's why we needed the escape and the release in the first place and some of us may not even know that much. Rome wasn't built in a day. In Christian based religions even God, took seven days to create the world. Scientist document evolution over a long time line. So take this 24 and do a little maintenance on your body, mind and spirit. Your tomorrow self will most likely thank you. The picture of this adorable baby girl came from photobucket.com (photo credit citation: baby looking at belly button. Digital image. Photobucket.com. Sonyarose04's Bucket, n.d. Web <[URL]=http://s269.photobucket.com/user/sonyarose04/media/babyandbellybutton.jpg.html][IMG]http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj80/sonyarose04/babyandbellybutton.jpg[/IMG][/URL]).



January 23rd: Serenity Check

January 23rd: Serenity Check

"Lack of daily maintenance can show up in many ways."
Basic Text pg. 91

Ever had a perfect stranger remark about how great the weather was, only to reply "It stinks"? When this happens, we are probably suffering from lack of daily maintenance in our program.

In recovery, life can get pretty hectic. Maybe those added responsibilities at work have got you hopping. Maybe you haven't been to a meeting for awhile. Perhaps you've been too busy to meditate, or haven't been eating regularly or sleeping well. Whatever the reason, your serenity is slipping.

When this happens, it is crucial that we take action. We can't afford to led one "bad day"; complete with a bad attitude, slip into two days, four days, or a week. Our recovery depends on our daily maintenance program. No matter what is happening in our lives, we can't afford to neglect the principles that have saved our lives.

There are many ways to recover our serenity. We can go to a meeting, phone our sponsor, meet another recovering addict for lunch, or try to carry the message to a newcomer. We can pray. We can take a moment to ask ourselves what simple things we haven't been doing.

When our attitudes head downhill, we can avert a crash with simple solutions.

Just for today: I will examine the maintenance of my daily program of recovery.


Just for today: daily meditations for recovering addicts. (1992).
Van Nuys, CA: World Service Office.




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