Tuesday, July 30, 2013

#18 Tuesday's Journal Entry

Doing pretty good lately and I feel pretty good.  It certainly is worth it to stay sober and to live a recovery lifestyle. I’m grateful that God is keeping me sober today.
I wrote some thoughts during lunch.  I needed to remind myself of some realities that I have to acknowledge and deal with on a daily basis.
And I like doing bullet points:
·         I can’t take any lust hits – no second glances, not 1 second of fantasy or deviant thoughts, no mindless clicks on the internet
·         I have to connect with another addict every day whether I’m sober or not
·         I have to connect with God via meaningful prayer and religious/spiritual study daily
·         I have to have God on board and be completely grateful for every day I’m sober.
·         I need to read recovery literature daily.
·         I need to attend a recovery meeting on any night that I can.
·         I need to surrender and be aware of all negative emotions including: boredom, frustration, fear, stress, loneliness
·         I need to replace those with positive emotions: optimism, positivity, humility
Anyway, that’s where I’m at today.
Meeting with the Bishop tonight. I’m excited. I have no fears to tell the Bishop anything. No one ever need to feel so.

2 comments:

  1. Wow. That overwhelms me. Are you successful with all of this? If so, you give me hope.

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  2. Good goals! Should I check up on you? ha ha ha.
    It is worth it! :)

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