Wisdom For Today - April

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April 6

Wisdom for Today
The program has taught me how to live life. I am not really sure how or even when this
happened, but life started to make sense, and using the Twelve Steps in my life started to make sense. Today I can see what to do when problems come up in my life. I don’t have to sweat it out like I did in my days of active use of alcohol and drugs. I know I have a support system behind me that will help me through any problem I have. No, they won’t do my taxes for me; but they will help me have the right attitude when I do them. They won’t help me in my parenting, but they will teach me how to change the things I can and accept what I can’t change.

Recovery is about learning to live again. And there are many lessons to learn; but it is
nice to know that I do not face life alone, no matter what. I can count on the program. I
can count on my Higher Power. I can count on the steps. I can use the tools, and it works. Yes, the program has taught me how to live; but it has also given me many gifts. I never thought the promises would come true for me. But they continue to happen in my life. I can trust the program to be there for me no matter what is going on in my life. Have I learned to count on the program?
Meditations for the Heart
Life also teaches me. Sometimes the lessons are difficult, and other times the lessons are quite pleasant, but either way life is a good teacher. As I am on this journey called
recovery, it is important for me to stop from time to time and look at the big picture. It
is easy to get caught up in all the day-to-day details of life and forget about the bigger
picture. Simple questions help me do this. How is my life going? How is my recovery work going? Am I getting to the place my higher Power wants me to be? Am I happy? Are the promises of the program coming true for me? Is there anything I need to change in my life? What are the roadblocks that seem to be getting in the way? These types of questions help me to focus on the bigger picture. Do I take time out to look at the bigger picture?
Petitions to my Higher Power
God,

Today is another gift from You. Teach me Your plans for me today, and give me courage for the road ahead. Help me to take my blinders off and to see the bigger picture of life. Help me to keep going in the direction I need to go to keep growing.

Amen.