Sobriety
is a journey of joyful discovery. Each day brings new experience, awareness,
greater hope, deeper faith, broader tolerance. I must maintain these attributes
or I will have nothing to pass on.
Great
events for this recovering alcoholic are the normal everyday joys found in
being able to live another day in God's grace.
From AA’s Daily Reflection for
April 27th.
A big part of life and my recovery is enjoying small new
experiences. For example, today we
brought a Whole Foods carrot cake to our morning meeting to celebrate Mike
having two years. I never went shopping
for cake for a fellow trudger with two years at 9 AM before. There was a a bountiful selection at Whole
Foods. The carrot cake was an excellent
choice. The clerk offered and wrote “happy
birthday Mike” on it for us with a quickness.
We passed around a card for the people at the meeting to sign. Maybe half of them knew who Mike was. Most of them signed it. Mike was moved to tears of joy by having
others help him celebrate his progress.
I am grateful for the awe and joy in the small things in my life
today. A small cake was a great value when
it made a wonderful contribution to the joy of the group. It was a powerful symbol of our new life in
recovery and delicious.
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