Morning Meditation Checkpoint

As I said in an earlier post, I haven't spent very many mornings lately in prayer and meditation. This morning, I started back up again, reading from the 24 Hour a Day book. Today's reading reminded me of something Chuck C. says in A New Pair of Glasses. He said, "We think, and ourselves become, the thing we think about."

I don't have a lot of time this morning to flesh that out, but it just reminded me of that principle from the eleventh step in the twelve and twelve that we try to envision what our life would be like if we were able to live up to our ideals. It's quite encouraging, and gives me some motivation to continue on the path and keep doing not only the right thing, but also doing the things that make me better: e.g., prayer and meditation.

Ah well. I wish I had more time this morning, but, thanks to God and this great program of ours, I actually have a career today that must be tended to. Good luck and good times.

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Hello World

Good evening to all (which, I presume, at this point means nobody). I'm starting this blog to share my recovery related thoughts. To get the general info out of the way, I'm 27 years old, my sobriety date is October 5, 1996. I owe my sobriety to the great fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous.

I used to keep a journal on my computer as part of my 10th step, and email it to my sponsor almost every night. Now, I have to say that I haven't done that in a good 6 or 7 years. I found, through the process of writing on a daily basis, that I was forced to pay attention to my sobriety; to my actions in sobriety, my feelings, my spiritual place, etc...

When I would skip a day journaling, I would feel like I was lost. I remember thinking that it felt kind of the same as when I finally got into praying every day, I felt lost if I didn't pray on a particular day. It's funny. I could remember thinking that I never want to go a day without praying, or a day without journaling. And, here I am, 10+ years sober, and only rarely journaling, or doing a real tenth step. I have had somewhat of a lack of motivation to start my days with prayer and meditation as well.

Anyway, one day at a time, my goal is to write to this blog nearly daily. Not so much because many people really care about what I have to say, but more because it's a device for me to continue thinking about my program on a daily basis. As you'll see in future posts, I'm a married man, in a professional career, and I just don't get to a meeting every day. At this point, I try to hit about 4 a week, and usually end up hitting 3. So, I need now more than ever to make sure I'm doing this deal on a daily basis. And, in the process, if anybody ever finds their way over to this blog, I'll have some accountability - like, "hey, buddy, where's your post today?!"

Good times, God bless!

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