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bluidkiti · 03-22-2014, 12:38 PM

March 24

Let GO of the Past

Newcomers to AA or NA may remark, I must be in the wrong place. If everyone is sober, how come they are smiling? The attitude of AA and NA reflects the Serenity Prayer. Taking one day at a time, we can concentrate all our thoughts and energies on that day. If we obsess on the mistakes of the past, it results in depression that is conducive to relapse. Whether we laugh or cry, the past will not change, so people in the program choose to laugh. Recovering people take life so seriously they cannot dissipate limited energies on futile exercises, such as bewailing the past.

03-22-2014, 12:38 PM	#24
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 76,438	March 24 Let GO of the Past Newcomers to AA or NA may remark, I must be in the wrong place. If everyone is sober, how come they are smiling? The attitude of AA and NA reflects the Serenity Prayer. Taking one day at a time, we can concentrate all our thoughts and energies on that day. If we obsess on the mistakes of the past, it results in depression that is conducive to relapse. Whether we laugh or cry, the past will not change, so people in the program choose to laugh. Recovering people take life so seriously they cannot dissipate limited energies on futile exercises, such as bewailing the past. __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.