Keep It Simple 1/14

[lildee]

Keep It Simple

If you play with a thing long enough, you will surely break it. -Anonymous

Some things shouldn't be played with. Our recovery program is one of these things. When we play with our program, we're taking a risk. We play with the program by missing meetings. Or by not calling our sponsors. Or by skipping the Steps we think are too hard.

It's okay to play. But it's not okay to play with our recovery program. When we play with our program, we risk our lives.

Prayer for the Day
Higher Power, help me know that I must work this program with care and respect.

Action for the Day
Today, I'll make two lists. On one list. I'll write ways I work on my program. On the other list, I'll write ways I play with my program. And I'll put my energy into working the program.

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[caressa]

This reminds me of all the times I "bent" the rules to fit me in early recovery. My motto was, "Take what you need and forget the rest!" I am grateful that my HP installed that invisible shelf they talked about in the rooms and in later years, when I got more honest, the information I needed was there, and I just had to dust it off and utilize it in today.

In the moment, I am going through a time in my recovery except when I was going to school that I am only going to two meetings a week. When I was going to school it was often just one f2f meetings a week and I will always be grateful that EoR was there when I needed it.

When I was doing active service I was doing 7-10 meetings a week but this didn't leave time for me. Even in today, with my sites and other sites like this, my life is full of recovery and have received many blessings from all over the world.