Wisdom Of The Rooms - 2020

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September 7

Quote of the Week

"Worry is a terrible waste of the imagination."

I used to be addicted to so many things—alcohol, drugs, food, sex, anything I could use to escape—and I abused them as I sought a way out of the impending doom I often felt. When I entered the program and began putting these vices and distractions down in my Fourth Step, I found I had been addicted to something else as well: worry.

It took a long time for my emotions to become stable and for my thoughts to become clear, but once they did, I was amazed at how much time and energy I spent worrying. I worried about my health, my job, my relationships, my future, and even my past. When I shared this with my sponsor, he explained that worry was caused by excessive self-will, and it meant that I hadn’t fully surrendered to my Higher Power.

After years of working the Twelve Steps, turning my will and life over to God, and spending more and more time looking for and trying to follow His will, I find that I worry less and less. Today, my mind is focused on what God would have me do and be, and from that place I’ve learned to take the next indicated action and to turn the results over to Him. These days, I use my imagination in a positive way: to envision my life and world as God intends it to be. And once I set about trying to make that happen, I become much happier.