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bluidkiti · 01-10-2025, 05:27 AM

January 10

It Takes a Community

What I discovered about recovery was that there were people willing to help me, support me, and show me how they got sober - how they stayed sober, you know. I was probably a year or two in sobriety, and I was still having nightmares of Vietnam.

It got to the point where I would get up around three times during the night and do perimeter checks - check the windows, the door locks, and look outside in the parking lot. I was afraid to go to sleep, because I knew those demons were waiting for me in my dreams.

After working the Steps of recovery, I've got the peace of mind, and I don't have those dreams anymore.

That’s the miracle of recovery.

I learned to embrace my demons, face my fears, quit running from my past - and I haven't had one of those nightmares in over twenty years.

~Doc D., U.S. Army, 1968–1970

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

01-10-2025, 05:27 AM	#10
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 74,688	January 10 It Takes a Community What I discovered about recovery was that there were people willing to help me, support me, and show me how they got sober - how they stayed sober, you know. I was probably a year or two in sobriety, and I was still having nightmares of Vietnam. It got to the point where I would get up around three times during the night and do perimeter checks - check the windows, the door locks, and look outside in the parking lot. I was afraid to go to sleep, because I knew those demons were waiting for me in my dreams. After working the Steps of recovery, I've got the peace of mind, and I don't have those dreams anymore. That’s the miracle of recovery. I learned to embrace my demons, face my fears, quit running from my past - and I haven't had one of those nightmares in over twenty years. ~Doc D., U.S. Army, 1968–1970 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.

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