Just for today - I will try to live through

Just for today - I will try to live through this day only and not tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I felt that I had to keep it up for a lifetime.

Just for today - I will be happy. This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said that "Most folks are as happy as they set their minds to be."

Just for today - I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my "luck" as it comes and fit myself to it.

Just for today - I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.

Just for today - I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn, and not get found out; if anybody knows of it, it will not count. I will do at least two things I don't want to do - just for excercise. I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt; they may be hurt but I will not show it.

Just for today - I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, talk low, act courteously, criticize not one bit, not find fault with anything and not try to improve or regulate anybody but myself.

Just for today - I will have a program. I may not follow it exactly but I will have it. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.

Just for today - I will have a quiet half hour all by myself and relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better perspective of my life.

Just for today - I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me.

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am 65 and have joined six times half assed and only this time, my seventh time, when I have taken every suggestion any one else has ever done to stay away from the first drink, toke, sniff, sip, nibble or drop, just to prove you are all wrong and it won’t work for me…. And now just for today every second of every hour just for today, I’m gonna do it again with my AA toolbox and the spiritual medicine that I get from you and my meetings of others in and out of the rooms…. I’m going to do this again today because nobody else can do it for me and I want to not be in pain again from my own stupidity! I still make mistakes a lot but liquids and substances are no longer my problem. Now my biggest challenge is good chocolate :chocolate_bar: :joy:

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Brother, this is my 3rd time. Relapse is definitely a part of my story. I too tried every other way other than meetings and a sponsor or even working the steps. But I have to say when I let go of my baggage (4th and 5th step) and started really focusing on "today" instead of dwelling on the past or stressing over the future, man the peace of mind, while not perfect, is so much better than what I have felt my entire life. Even before I was using.

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