The Work-In: Daily Motivation 4-14-2020

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Today's Gift

I’d like to get away from earth awhile
And then come back to it and begin again. ~Robert Frost

Do we think it’s weak to need a break? Do we ignore the need to recharge our batteries? Responsibility for our own lives requires us to recognize the need to restore our energy. Maybe our former escape from the world was by using food, or drugs, or spending money, or sexual release, or preoccupation with another person.

Now, since we are developing the ability to be with ourselves, we can take a break from the world and come back restored. This meditation time generates more energy for our lives. Virtual recreation with friends, a walk, a movie, or a concert does the same. Taking responsibility to get away is a good cure for self-pity and exhaustion.

Today, I will be aware of my need to restore my energy.

From Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations for Men ©

From: Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation - Thought for the Day http://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/recovery/thought-for-the-day

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Twenty-Four Hours a Day

Keep It Simple

Dealing with depression

When we felt depressed, we used to take the “quickest” escape route: getting high or drunk. But we found that we couldn’t escape feelings for very long and that using drugs or alcohol leaves us feeling no better, and often worse, both physically and emotionally.

At times like these, it would be more helpful to simply acknowledge the feelings without using the substances. It would be more useful to remember our Higher Power, the program, and our fellow members.

Can I use the program to help deal with feelings of depression?

Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, when I feel depressed, help me use my program, avoid self-medication, and reach out for help.

Action for the Day: I will practice dealing with feelings of depression today.

From: Bluidkiti's Alcohol and Drug Addictions Recovery Help/Support Forums Daily Recovery Readings - http://www.bluidkiti.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=2

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One Day At A Time

The Hopeless Feature
If you are satisfied that they are a real alcoholic, begin to dwell
on the hopeless feature of the malady. Show them, from your
own experience, how the mental condition surrounding
that first drink prevents normal functioning of the will power.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Working With Others) p. 92

Thought to Ponder
Trust your Higher Power. Clean house. Help others.

AA-related 'Alconym'
A L C O H O L I C S = A Life Centered On Helping Others Live In Complete Sobriety

From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html

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Daily Motivation

Excerpt of The Daily Motivator

Promise of new goodness

by Ralph Marston

With this morning, life comes to life again. Brightness and warmth arrive on the wings of a fresh and peaceful breeze.

From the dark depths of despair, hope arises. In the light of this new day, is the promise of better days to come.

There will still be struggle, yet now it will have more purpose. There will again be pain, yet now will be increased strength with which to meet it.

Feel your growing faith in the goodness of what can be. Allow new expectations to energize your vision.

Rise above the aches and anguish that once had held you in their grip. Greet life’s possibilities with renewed confidence, and a deeper love for all that is, all that can be.

Awaken in your entirety to the promise of new goodness. On this day and every day, live to bring that goodness to life.

From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/