You Become What You Think About
I avoid relapse by setting a daily routine
which I follow:
My routine starts at 5am. I pray giving
thanks for my sobriety, my living conditions,
being able to sustain myself, I pray for my
children, for others and our country. I ask
for strength to stay sober today and for
wisdom in my decision making and
forgiveness. I will then read a small
verse from a book called "24 Hours a
Day" followed by a short Bible verse.
I then meditate for a half hour by
clearing my mind of thoughts and
keeping it still, this is work but I am
getting better at it by doing it several
times a day, it relieves any stress or
worry I may have. I don't know why
but I always feel calm after meditation.
I call my sponsor at 7:30am because
that is what he wants, I think he is
trying to teach me that the telephone
is not heavy. He always gives me the
time I need to discuss anything I have
on my mind and he suggests sound
advice to follow.
I have set daily goals, so I read them
aloud to myself, I have already done
some of them with the above routine.
I have goals because I like to know
where I am going in life. Goals keep
me in the right direction.
I have a list of ten telephone numbers
of sober friends I have meet and during
my day, I will call several of them to
keep in touch and just chew the fat,
they do the same.
My work day then begins and by noon,
I am at my first alcoholics anonymous
meeting. I listen, I share, I mingle with
sober veteran alcoholic friends then
back to work and at another alcoholic
anonymous meeting by 5:30pm. I again
share, listen, mingle with my sober
alcoholic veteran friends then head for
home.
I then have supper, clean up, look over
my goals and finish them off for the day,
I ad some or change some for tomorrow.
I now have free time from 7 to 11pm and
I fit in prayer and meditation during this
free time and I am in bed usually by 11pm.
During the weekend my routine slightly
changes to include Church on Sunday.
This weekend I am attending a weekend
long conference on addiction at my
church. If it were not for that, I would
attend three alcoholic anonymous
meetings a day.
This routine may sound dull to some but
it keeps me sober and after all, that is my
main goal because if I do not stay sober,
life once again would become hell, been
there and done that.
Author: Alden Morrison
