Hope for Today

Good morning all,
Today's Hope For Today reading was very interesting. It talked about how this person had started the program and was doing really well, but it started to fade off. And she realized it was because she was focusing on the friendships she had developed instead of her own recovery. She wasn't thinking about the message at the meetings but rather her friends at the meetings.

I've been lax in getting to my 3 meetings a week over the last 6 weeks or so do to various commitments (over commitments really) or my own sheer laziness. When I have been to meetings though I have been trying to focus on the messages being shared. Sometimes that means I have to close my eyes and really listen to the person sharing. I can't be passive in this listening, I have to be active, or I discover I walk out of the meeting without gaining anything toward my own recovery.

After a long day at work, this can be really hard. When I'm looking forward to catching up in the fellowship that occurs after a meeting this can be really hard. But, when I do it, I find those "ah-ha" moments that occurred so often during my first year in recovery.

So, I'm off to get busy at work now. And looking forward to the message I will hear at the meeting I attend on Friday nights. I hope you find a message of recovery today too.

Angela B.