Hope this morning meets you all with happiness and brightness. Boy--sure were a lot of posts yesterday. You guys are startin me right off with a bang. But its a good bang. (oh, that almost doesn't sound ok) Well, anyway you know what I mean.
Readin over the posts tho and thinkin about moderation vs. abstinence I thought more about the rewards of not drinking. Basically how it came down to short-term rewards and long term rewards. Short-term were things we could do today like wake up in the morning and read out posts here on MWO and feel lifted. Often times for me I would notice an immediate difference in the way I felt. I can enjoy my coffee and go for a workout and feel refreshed. Enjoy a more clear head and feel much more organized and just breeze through my daily tasks with much less stress. Already I notice how I feel more positive about sending the kids off to school and am more tuned in to our conversations instead of hurrying them along so I could go back and rest longer.
Then the longer term rewards. Ones that over time we see and have huge rewards for. Like watching yourself grow stronger in your faith. Until our personal relationship with our God becomes our best friend instead of the buzz that we used to cling to. We watch ourselves become beautiful as we shed our shame, guilt, resentments, self-hatred and other negative buildups from our past. We can see the quality of our relationships improve with our family friends and spouses. We watch ourselves grow in our jobs and in our ability to be more productive people. We learn to use our gifts and talents in a way that feels good and benefits others. We begin to discover the joy and beauty in ourselves and others, and in life. The long term progress is steady, but often slow. But each day keeps piling up on each other, becomes short term rewards and then turns into long term rewards.
This was my condensed version of something I read about benefits of recovery. Kinda means a little x-tra something for us today.
So the thoughts for us today are being grateful for the short and long term rewards that your work here in absville is bringing to you in your recovery.
And if you are new in the neighborhood...have faith that you can achieve these long term rewards.
And if you are an old timer...take a second to reflect your overall progress.
I think this is a good--feel goodie.
Love ya all and cant wait for Mikes party. Sounds like its gonna be fun and fattening. So everyone probably needs to do double up on the exersise tomorrow. But it will be worth it. Mike what time do ya want the gang?
Have a good morning all in absville everyone. love gabby
Comment