Normal

What is normal? Normal is a relative state-of-mind based on a mindset...what we know.

What is normal for some people is not normal for others. I thought it was normal for people to drink every day, because others I hung out with drank every day. Some people I know think it's normal to be in trouble and perhaps spend some time in jail. Others think it's normal to have major relationship issues and drama in their life.

Normal people don't drink every day. Normal people have never been arrested. Normal people have peace in their life, most of the time, even through the drama of life.

In order to change what is considered "normal" for us, we must first look at our mindset. We must have the willingness to be open to a new mindset...learning new things...from new people.

If all we ever use to navigate life is what we have learned so far, we are cheating ourselves out of future learning. There is a better way...there's always a better way. We must be open and willing to learn a better way.

Prayer: Lord please open my mind and heart to learning a better way to live. Please give me the willingness to change. Please give me the new mindset that I need to grow. Teach me Lord. Put the right people in my life to show me. Thank you Lord for the blessing of a new way. - Amen.

AA Will Always Be There....I pray

I know what it is to feel alone...without hope in the world. I have never felt so alone like at the end of my drinking career. The emptiness was all consuming.

Since entering in recovery, I have never felt alone again. I always have the fellowship. I have real friends now. Friends that want everything for me...not anything from me.

At a meeting, I never feel isolated, like I did while drinking. That is because I took the first step and opened up the door to a new life.