March 6

”Good nature and good sense must ever join; to err is human, to forgive, divine.” Alexander Pope

Making the decision to embrace the steps of recovery and work the program is a move to a path of taking risk. It is a new way of living, a release from the control of our addiction and giving over of our life to our Higher Power. It’s admitting we are not perfect, that we can give forgiveness and that, as well, we deserve to forgive ourselves. We take the Twelve Steps to heart and transform our lives. The change from within will eventually bring us to the life that has always seemed to escape our grasp. We give ourselves over to the guidance of our Higher Power and the program because we admit that what we have tried has not worked. We tell ourselves that there must be a better way. We have faith in those who have gone before us that we can recover and regain our sanity and sobriety.

Affirmation I acknowledge my humanity, frailty and capacity to make mistakes, but I can forgive, love and forge ahead.