August 23: Just for Today meditation, read by Eddie D.

Just for Today meditation for August 23, read by Eddie D.

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August 23

Decision making

"Before we got clean, most of our actions were guided by impulse. Today, we are not locked into this type of thinking."

Basic Text p. 87

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Life is a series of decisions, actions, and consequences. When we were using, our decisions were usually driven by our disease, resulting in self-destructive actions and dire consequences. We came to see decision making as a rigged game, one we should play as little as possible.

Given that, many of us have great difficulty learning to make decisions in recovery.

Slowly, by working the Twelve Steps, we gain practice in making healthy decisions, ones that give positive results. Where our disease once affected our will and our lives, we ask our Higher Power to care for us. We inventory our values and our actions, check our findings with someone we trust, and ask the God of our understanding to remove our shortcomings. In working the steps we gain freedom from the influence of our disease, and we learn principles of decision making that can guide us in all our affairs.

Today, our decisions and their consequences need not be influenced by our disease.

Our faith gives us the courage and direction to make good decisions and the strength to act on them. The result of that kind of decision making is a life worth living.

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Just for today:

I will use the principles of the Twelve Steps to make healthy decisions. I will ask my Higher Power for the strength to act on those decisions.

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Episode Transcript

(00:03):
Welcome to the Voices of Recovery podcast.
This is your Just For Today episode featuring a recovering
addict. Hi, my name is Eddie D My clean

(00:25):
date is December 17th, 1980. You're listening to the Voices
of Recovery podcast. This is the just for today, for
August 23rd decision making. Before we got clean, most of our
actions were guided by impulse. Today we are not locked into

(00:49):
this type of thinking. Basic text page 87 Life is a
series of decisions, actions andconsequences.
When we were using, our decisions were usually driven by
our disease, resulting in self-destructive actions and
dire consequences. We came to see decision making

(01:13):
as a rigged game, one we should play as little as possible given
that many of us have great difficulty learning to make
decisions in recovery. Slowly, by working the 12 steps,
regain practice in making healthy decisions, ones that
give positive results. Where our disease once affected

(01:37):
our will and our lives, we ask our higher power to care for us.
We inventory our values and our actions, check our findings with
someone we trust, and ask for the God of our understanding to
remove our shortcomings. In working the steps, we gain
freedom from the influence of our disease and we learn

(02:01):
principles of decision making that can guide us in all our
affairs today. Our decisions and their
consequences need not be influenced by our disease.
Our faith gives us the courage and direction to make good
decisions and the strength to act on them.

(02:23):
The result of that kind of decision making is a life worth
living just for. Today, I will use the principles
of the 12 steps to make healthy decisions.
I will ask my Higher Power for strength to act on those
decisions. The Voices of Recovery Podcast

(02:44):
is an independent production of The Works of Wisdom.
We welcome your questions and donations via PayPal at
[e-mail]. This podcast is an independent
production and is not affiliatedwith, associated with,
authorized by, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected
with Narcotics Anonymous or any of its subsidiaries or

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(03:26):
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