Keep It Simple

[majestyjo]

Keep It Simple

Keep It Simple.---AA slogan

Addiction messed up our thinking. We know that from taking Step One. We forgot things. We had blackouts. We made excuses, and we even started to believe them. We were mixed up. We couldn't figure things out. We decided to get high and forget about it. Now our minds are clear. We can keep thinking clearly if we work our program and Keep It Simple. Don't drink or use other drugs. Go to meetings. Work the Steps. Be yourself. Ask for help. Trust your Higher Power. Two thoughts will always mess us up if we let them in. They are "Yes, but..." and "What if?" Don't let them in. Keep It Simple.

Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, thanks for recovery. Help me stay sober and clean today.

Action for the Day: Today, I'll take one thing at a time and Keep It Simple.

I know this mentions clean and sober.  As an adult child, I figured if you can't  beat them join them.  I became my father's drinking buddy, in other words, I drank his booze.  At the end of my marriage, I had to drink too or I couldn't stand being around my ex-husband.  In today, I recognize it as my stuff and I can't play the blame game.

[caressa222]

Clean and sober doesn't mean just alcohol. We often vow we will never touch alcohol because of what it did to a loved one. What we can do is find our own addiction. Often it is gambling, work, food, prescription drugs, and/or other mind altering substances, and they make us sick in our own right. It isn't the substance, it is but a symptom of my dis-ease, the problem is me. Problems we can stay stuck in. Challenges we can overcome.