Just enjoy the day

So I tried getting in touch with a member of AA and he never responded. I got discouraged and went out and drank again. Then a week later he texts me and says “I’ve been thinking about you. How are you doing?” I said “Not good, I’m struggling. It’s tough. I’m doing OKAY but I’m struggling” and he says “Just enjoy the day”.

It didn’t matter he had 9 years of sobriety or I had 9 hours. “Just enjoy the day” the best you can is what I got out of that. We were equals. Not to take anything away from the members of this forum who have 5-25+ years of sobriety, it’s quite an accomplishment. But we are of equals. Just enjoy the day. Because that’s all you have right now.

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Yes, we are all equal in AA, CA, and NA in a way. All each of us has (if we follow the program) is a daily reprieve from alcoholism or addiction. I rarely see anyone who acts like their special or better than anyone else just because they have more clean time. There’s quite a lot of humble, grateful recovering addicts and alcoholics.

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**hang in @turningthepage…you sound very positive :ok_hand: **