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Staying in the Present

Sober2day
Sober2day
Life is only this place, this time, and these people right here and now.
-Vincent Collins.

Staying in the present can be hard. This busy world pulls our focus from the present. We wonder if the future will bring good times or bad times.

Life is right before us. Look around. Life is happening now! The more we live in the moment, the better we feel. Why? Because we can do something about the present. We cant do anything about the future. We have choices in the present, and we can do something with our lives. Addition ran our lives before. Now, with the help of others and or Higher Power, we run our own lives again. This gives us peace of mind.

Prayer for the Day.

Higher Power, thank-you for giving back my life. Teach me how to rum my life. Have me seek others when I need help. Its okay to ask for help.

Action for the Day.

Today, Ill list five things I do well. Then Ill list three things I dont do well. Ill think of people who can help me, and Ill call them.
Sober2day
Sober2day
Before recovery I lived my life twenty years into the future or in my past I found out not only was I allergic to alcohol when it was in my body but I was also allergic to reality.

I found it hard to deal with things that were happening around me so I would drink to what I thought would take those things away so I didnt have to deal with them.

But I found out if you drink with one problem most of the time you come to with a dozen more.

Recovery has taught me to front up to live in the now. NOW No Other Way. If I take care of the inches they will look after the miles. Like most things this didnt come easy for me but it has made it easy for me.

Today is a Gift thats why it is called the Present.

Live Well, Love Much, Laugh Often.

God Bless

Lionel
Sober2day
Sober2day
Typical alkie in the prayer for today I typed Teach me how to "rum" my life instead of "run" my life.

They told me sometimes quickly ,sometimes slowly it's been slowly for me.

God Bless...

Lionel
deleted_user
deleted_user
lol. That is too funny. A little Freudian slip, hey?

Lovely thoughts on staying in the present, S2Day. Thanks for sharing:)
Sober2day
Sober2day
Hey LB.

Thank you .

God Bless...

Lionel
deleted_user
deleted_user
Staying in the present was something I thought I would never be able to do, but I do it everyday most the time. I try to stay there as much as possible, cause that is where I need to be. You ever daydreamed driving a car and almost get into a wreck, it's the same thing, that's why you have to stay in the NOW, if you don't you can crash and burn.
deleted_user
deleted_user
another thing, the one that always got me, was the girl who got away, I was always thinking of her and saying to myself what if....That was a hard one to get out of, I loved someone very much long ago, hell I may not even like them today, but that's where my mind use to be, what if it went down like this or this, but it didn't. It went down with me joining the navy and never seeing her again.
So I just stay in the NOW and enjoy the one I am with for today, it's alot better place to be.