Unity of Fellowship

[caressa]

Hour to Hour

There is a fundamental unity that underlies the fellowship of our programs. It is this unity that can comfort us and help us hold on when we want a fix, pill, drink, smoke, or snort more than we want this new unfamiliar life.

God, as I understand You, show me how to take comfort from the unity of fellowship when drugs call me back.

This spoke to me this morning. I am no longer alone. I do not have to feel alone, the choice is up to me. I have been feeling that way lately because I haven't gone out to bridge, and didn't go to the NA meeting either.

It might have been self-care to make me decide to eat instead of going right over and yet, even with my diabetes, there is always later if I had just grabbed a snack.

I woke up at 7:30 p.m. which is when the meeting starts but others often go there from another meeting and arrive late. I know that a meeting starts when I get there and ends when I leave. So anything I told myself was self-justification.

I had full intentions of going to the meeting, I must have set the alarm wrong. It was suppose to go off at 6:30 p.m. Perhaps I wasn't meant to be there, can't change it, it is done, so learn the lesson and move on.

I also like the reading from What's My Job? I need to be careful of the message that I carry. Do I put it out in a positive way or do I drag others into my own negativity. We can do what i can't do alone. Yet, a lot of carrying the message is about how I say it.
Not sure I have a clear picture on this one. A burden shared is a burden lessened. If I share it with others, I only have to take a small portion of it home unless I choose to leave it there and not pick it up again.