The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
From the Al Anon Bookmark (My Favorite thing...I read daily!)
Just for today I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle all my problems at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I felt that I had to keep it up for a lifetime.
Just for today I will be happy. This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be".
Just for today, I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my "luck" as it comes, and fit myself to it.
Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer . I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn, and not get found out; if anybody knows of it, it will not count. I will do at least two things I don't want to do-just for exercise. I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt; they may be hurt, but today I will not show it.
Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, keep my voice low, be courteous, criticize not one bit. I won't find fault with anything, nor try to improve or regulate anybody but myself.
Just for today I will have a program. I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.
Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself and relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better perspective of my life.
Just for today I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me.
Prayer for Today
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon' where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.
O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
When I can to alnon, this bookmark was my daily survival to help me make it through the day.
I was so messed up from AH active drinking starting from noon on until he passed out. It was awful!
My sponsor had me read one paragraph and apply it all day. It helped me to focus on what I needed to do instead of on my chaos surrounding me.
When I get stressed out, I still use this wisdom my sponsor gave me. What a gift to have a friend in alnon.
What feels good is to pass this on to someone else having a hard day.
We need to have hope every minute to survive and keep breathing.
Some days we have good moments and some bad but alnon helps me I can have a redo and change my attitude anytime of the day.
Thanks for typing this..
Hope
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I have hope that my next minute will be better and to learn from my last minute.
