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bluidkiti · 04-18-2023, 05:50 AM

April 18

We’re Not Alone

I can't even describe my amazement when I began reading the AA Big Book after I finally accepted that I'm an alcoholic. There I was, reading Bill W.'s story written in 1935, and it was my story. Everything said back in the 1930s fits me today. It meant I wasn't alone. The people in the book made it through, which meant maybe I could make it. It gave me hope.

Then, in the VA residence facility and afterward at meetings in the community, I found other veterans in recovery going through the same things I was. For years, I thought I was the only one who felt this way, then I discovered men and women vets who had been to the same places and who had the same inner struggles I had.

One of the biggest things in the military is that there's not one mission that gets done by itself. It's a team effort. You win together, and you lose together. Same for recovery.

No matter how difficult the journey may be, I now know that I do not travel the road to recovery alone.

~Kenneth B., U.S. Air Force, 2001–2007

Today's reading is from the book Leave No One Behind: Daily meditations for Military Service Members and Veterans in Recovery*

04-18-2023, 05:50 AM	#18
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 71,355	April 18 We’re Not Alone I can't even describe my amazement when I began reading the AA Big Book after I finally accepted that I'm an alcoholic. There I was, reading Bill W.'s story written in 1935, and it was my story. Everything said back in the 1930s fits me today. It meant I wasn't alone. The people in the book made it through, which meant maybe I could make it. It gave me hope. Then, in the VA residence facility and afterward at meetings in the community, I found other veterans in recovery going through the same things I was. For years, I thought I was the only one who felt this way, then I discovered men and women vets who had been to the same places and who had the same inner struggles I had. One of the biggest things in the military is that there's not one mission that gets done by itself. It's a team effort. You win together, and you lose together. Same for recovery. No matter how difficult the journey may be, I now know that I do not travel the road to recovery alone. ~Kenneth B., U.S. Air Force, 2001–2007 Today's reading is from the book Leave No One Behind: Daily meditations for Military Service Members and Veterans in Recovery* __________________ "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.