10/11/09 Just For Today: 'Eyeglasses & Attitudes!'

"Our best thinking got us into trouble...Recovery is an active change in our ideas and attitudes."

Just for today: I will view the world and my life through the clean spiritual lenses of my program.

No Day But Today! - 9 months!!

Daily Scripting

When I procrastinate, I feel bad about myself, which leads to depression and feelings of helplessness, low self-esteem and low confidence.

Forcing myself to become proactive (clearing clutter, exercising or stepping towards a goal), raises my confidence and self-esteem and helps me overcome depression.

No Day But Today!

7/11/09 Just For Today: 'Encouragement!'

"We share comfort and encouragement with others."

Just for today: I will seek encouragement from others. I will encourage others who may need my strength.

No Day But Today!

6/30/09 Just For Today: 'Maintaining The Foundation!'

"Our newly found faith serves as a firm Foundation for Courage in the future."

Just for today: I want to continue enjoying the life I've found in recovery. Today, I will take steps to maintain my Foundation.

No Day But Today!

4/23/09 Just For Today: 'Surrender!'

"We didn't stumble into this fellowship brimming with love, honesty, open-mindedness, or willingness....When we were.beaten, we became willing."

Just for today: Is there a surrender I need to make today? I will remember my first surrender and remind myself that I don't need to fight anymore.

No Day But Today!

5/20/09 Just For Today: 'Coming Out Of Isolation!'

"We find ourselves doing and enjoying things that we never thought we would be doing."

Just for today: I can find pleasure in the simple routines of daily living.

No Day But Today!

5/13/09 Just For Today: 'Onward On The Journey!'

"The progression of recovery is a continuous uphill journey."

Just for today: I accept that I don't have all the answers to life's questions. Nonetheless, I will have faith in the god of my understanding and continue on the journey of recovery.

No Day But Today!

Daily Scripting

When I procrastinate, I feel bad about myself, which leads to depression and feelings of helplessness, low self-esteem and low confidence.

Forcing myself to become proactive (clearing clutter, exercising or stepping towards a goal), raises my confidence and self-esteem and helps me overcome depression.

4/27/09 Just For Today: 'RecognizIng & Releasing Resentments!'

"We want to look our past in the face, see it for what it really was, and release it so we can live today."

Just for today: When I discover a resentment, I'll see it for what it is and let it go.

No Day But Today!

4/7/09 Just For Today: 'Self-Acceptance!'

"The most effective means of achieving self-acceptance is through applying the Twelve Steps of recovery."

Just for today: Self-acceptance is a process set in motion by the Twelve Steps. Today, I will trust the process, practice the steps, and learn to better accept myself.

No Day But Today!

4/22/09 Just For Today: 'Traveling The Open Road!'

"This is our road to spiritual growth."

Just for today: I am continuing to develop my spiritual, social, and general living skills by applying the principles of my program. I can travel as far as I wish on the road of recovery.

No Day But Today!

4/15/09 Just For Today: 'Keep Coming Back!'

"We have come to enjoy living clean and want more of the good things that the NA Fellowsjip holds for us."

Just for today: I know where the "good life" is. I'll keep coming back.

No Day But Today!

Daily Scripting

When I procrastinate, I feel bad about myself, which leads to depression and feelings of helplessness, low self-esteem and low confidence.

Forcing myself to become proactive (clearing clutter, exercising or stepping towards a goal), raises my confidence and self-esteem and helps me overcome depression.

4/13/09 Just For Today: 'People Pleasing!'

"...approval-seeking behavior carried us further into our addiction..."

Just for today: Higher Power, help me live in accordance with spritual principles. Only then can I approve of myself.

No Day But Today!

4/11/09 Just For Today: 'A Closed Mind!'

"A new idea cannot be grafted onto a closed mind...Open-mindedness leads us to the very insights that have eluded us during our lives."

Just for today: I will ask my Higher Power to open my mind to the new ideas of recovery.

No Day But Today!

4/8/09 Just For Today: 'Happiness!'

"We come to know happiness, joy, freedom."

Just for today: I am going to be happy. I will find my happiness by being of service to others.

No Day But Today!

4/6/09 Just For Today: 'Growing Honesty!'

"On a practical level, changes occur because what's appropriate to one phase of recovery may not be for another."

Just for today: I will examine the level of honesty in my life and see if I'm comfortable with it.

No Day But Today!

4/4/09 Just For Today: 'Guarding Our Recovery!'

"Remember that we...are ultimately responsible for our recovery and our decisions."

Just for today: When faced with a decision that may challenge my recovery, I will consult all the resources at my disposal before I make my choice.

No Day But Today!

3/30/09 Just For Today: 'God-centeredness!'

"Gradually, as we become more God-centered than self-centered, our despair turns to hope."

Just for today: I will rely on my Higher Power. I will accept that, regardless of what happens, my Higher Power will provide me with the resources to live with it.

No Day But Today!

3/23/09 Just For Today: 'God's Gifts!'

"We do the footwork and accept what's being given to us freely on a daily basis."

Just for today: In my relationship with my Higher Power, I am the powerless one..Remembering who I am, today I will humbly accept the gifts of the god I understand.

No Day But Today!

3/21/09 Just For Today: 'A Treatable Illness!'

"Addiction is a disease that involves more than the use of drugs."

Just for today: I will treat my illness with the Twelve Steps.

No Day But Today!

3/12/09 Just For Today: 'Getting Out Of The Rut!'

"Many times in our recovery, the old bugaboos will haunt us. Life may again become meaningless, monotonous, and boring."

Just for today: I'll take a break from the rountine and stretch my potential to its fullest.

No Day But Today!

3/11/09 Just For Today: 'Lightening The Load!'

"It will not make us better people to judge the faults of another. It will make us feel better to clean up our lives..."

Just for today: I will seek to have the burden of resentments removed from my spirit.

No Day But Today!

3/9/09 Just For Today: 'Small Things!'

"In the past, we made simple situations into problems; we made mountains out of molehills."

Just for today: I will work on patience. I will try to keep from blowing things out of proportion, and walk with my Higher Power through my day.

No Day But Today!

3/7/09 Just For Today: 'Priorities!'

"The good times can also be a trap; the danger is that we may forget that our first priority is to stay clean."

Just for today: I'm grateful for the good times, but I've not forgotten from where I've come. Today, my first priority is staying clean and growing in my recovery.

3/4/09 Just For Today: 'The Process!'

"This program has become a part of me...I understand more clearly the things that are happening in my life today. I no longer fight the process."

Just for today: Life is a process, my recovery is the key. Today, I will use the steps to participate in that process, understanding and enjoying myself and my recovery.

No Day But Today!

3/3/09 Just For Today: 'Relapse!'

"There will be times, however, when we really feel like using. We want to run, and we feel lousy. We need to be reminded of where we came from and that it will be worse this time. This is when we need the program the most."

Just for today: I thank my Higher Power for the gift of recovery. I know that relapse is not the way out. Whatever challenges I face, I will face them with the god of my understanding.

No Day But Today!

3/2/09 Just For Today: 'Success!'

"Any form of success was frightening and unfamiliar."

Just for today: I will take time to savor my success. I will share my victories with an "attitude of gratitude."

No Day But Today!

2/28/09 Just For Today: 'The Greatest Gift!'

"Our newly found faith serves as a firm foundation for the courage in the future."

Just for today: I will try to welcome my feelings, firm in the belief that I have the courage to face whatever emotions may come up in my life.

No Day But Today!

02/26/09 Just For Today: 'Remorse!'

"The Eighth Step offers a big change from a life dominated by guilt and remorse."

Just for today: I will use any feelings of remorse I may have as a stepping-stone to healing through the Twelve Steps.

No Day But Today!

2/24/09 Just For Today: 'A New Influence!'

"Personality change is what we really needed. Change from self-destructive patterns of life became necessary."

Just for today: I will cooperate with the new influence of fellowship and spiritual strength introduced into my life. I will work the next step of my program.

No Day But Today!

2/23/09 Just For Today: 'Messages & Messengers!'

"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities."

Just for today; I will practice the principle of anonymity in today's meeting. I will focus on the message of recovery, not the personality of the messenger.

No Day But Today!

2/13/09 Just For Today: 'Living In The Moment!'

"We regretted the past, dreaded the future, and weren't too thrilled about the present."

Just for today: When I live each moment, I open myself to joys that might otherwise escape me. If I am having trouble, I will ask a loving Higher Power for help.

No Day But Today!

2/7/09 Just For Today 'This Is Not A Test!'

"...we have found a loving, personal Higher Power to whom we can turn."

Just for today: I will have faith that my Higher Power's will for me is good, and that I am loved. I will seek my Higher Power's help in times of need.

No Day But Today!

2/6/09 Just For Today 'I Can't - We Can!'

"We had convinced ourselves that we could make it alone and proceed to live life on that basis. The results were disasterous and, in the end, each of us had to admit that self-sufficiency was a lie."

Just for today: I will seek the support of other friends; harmony with others in my community; and the care of my higher power. I can't, but we can.

No Day But Today!

2/5/09 - Just For Today 'Keep Coming Back!'

"We are grateful that we were made so welcome at meetings that we felt comfortable."

Just for today: I remember the welcome I was given when I first came to a meeting at our Fellowship. Today, I will express my gratitude by offering a hug to a newcomer.

No Day But Today!