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+ 4 9/25/2021 Daily Reflections

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Some of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job – wife or no wife – we simply do not stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God.
— ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 98
Before coming to A.A., I always had excuses for taking a drink: "She said . . . ," "He said . . . ," "I got fired yesterday," "I got a great job today." No area of my life could be good if I drank again. In sobriety my life gets better each day. I must always remember not to drink, to trust God, and to stay active in A.A. Am I putting anything before my sobriety, God, and A.A. today?

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Thats a good one Yukon Jack. I didn't care what it was I got high because its a good day I got high because I was bored I got high because I didn't get my way. I have lost everything to this disease over and over before my heart and bottom became too much for me to bear and the thoughts of suicide were a constant and daily occurrence.
For me is was the thought of losing my 2 precious daughters. I was not going to look them in the face and tell them dad got beat by this disease . But what I did do was show them is how to stand up on both feet and fight and not be discouraged and never be afraid to go after what is good in life. Most days I no longer have to fight like cause I have tools from the rooms of na ..