Wer'e Making a Difference Foundation (People in recovery)

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04/27/2026

Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.

Resentments are guaranteed to hinder our growth. We can never know full happiness when resentment clouds our vision. Why is it so hard for us to "forget" the small injuries of life? We have never been promised freedom from pain. Many of the lessons we are destined to learn will scuff our egos. But we will know happiness, completely, if we free our minds of resentments.

The formula for happiness is simple. We don't need material wealth, a perfect job, or an exceptional relationship. In fact, it's possible to know happiness with no job, very little money, and no significant other. Happiness is a by-product of a healthy attitude. And a healthy attitude takes the normal turmoil of life and mixes it with a belief in God's presence. The result is an acceptance of God's will and a certainty that, despite appearances, all is well.

I am in charge of my attitude today. Happiness is a choice I can make regardless of what the people around me are doing.

04/26/2026

Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.

Everything is in a constant state of change. It's easy to see this in the living things around us, which perpetually grow and die, making room for new life. And we are also changing every moment: We form new opinions; expand our knowledge base; discard troublesome behaviors and develop new, more effective ones.

Many of the changes we need to make won't happen automatically. We're fortunate to have the program to guide us in making the changes that will enhance our spiritual growth today.

When we do our Fourth Step inventory, we open the door to making changes in our life. By continuing to work our program through taking daily inventory and maintaining contact with our Higher Power, we come to enjoy change as an opportunity for renewal.

Today I will notice how I'm changing and growing, becoming who I want to be in God.

04/25/2026

Forgiving
Joy to forgive and joy to be forgiven hang in the balances of love.

If we are unable or unwilling to forgive others for whatever they do, we won't be able to forgive ourselves for our actions. The agony of resentment, guilt, remorse, and shame will overpower us. These emotions will halt our progress toward the comfortable and rewarding living we are promised in recovery.

Early in recovery, we often were told to pray for those whom we thought had wronged us. This philosophy is as old as civilization. Forgiveness will always triumph over guilt and shame. Recovery is one-third love and two-thirds forgiveness.

We've been our own worst enemies during most of our lives. We've often hurt ourselves over what we thought was justifiable anger and resentment.

Self-forgiveness is strength, not weakness. Gaining strength is simple. I need only remind myself that "God has forgiven me. Why not forgive myself?"

04/24/2026

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

It is important to gain knowledge as we seek to understand ourselves and others. But we can also get caught up in insisting too much on knowing rather than doing. Maybe we are sometimes too introspective, too hooked on trying to figure everything out.

Often, it helps to just get out there and do things. We may feel paralyzed and believe that we can only be "cured" when the moment of illumination arrives. But just undertaking little acts of kindness or daily tasks can set in motion a chain reaction that builds energy and self-confidence. Finish that chore, help a neighbor, send a card, go for a walk with a friend. Yes, we can do it, and it feels good.

Love, too, is action. Love is not just a feeling but a connection, a reaching out, and a communion. Love is doing things for others. At the end of the day, we may wish to write down not only what we have thought and felt, but what we have done - for ourselves and for others.

Let this be a day in which I set in motion loving actions that will help me and others.

04/23/2026

Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the light, even though for the moment you do not see.

At times, despair, sadness, and hopelessness fill us. None of us will get out of this world without experiencing tragedy. At these times, we turn to our Higher Power and the spiritual principles as guides. At these times especially, we turn to the fellowship. We are here to help each other, comfort each other, and offer sanctuary to each other. We are to be each other's gifts.

During our active addiction, when troubles came, we turned inward, pretending everything was okay. We acted as if we needed no one - mainly because we trusted no one. We were surrounded by darkness, inside and out. Recovery teaches us to trust in the "light," to believe it is there even when we can't see it. It may be as close as our next meeting or a phone call to our sponsor. In this, we must believe deeply.

Prayer for the Day
Higher Power, I look to you when I can't see. Show me the light. I look to you for the guidance I cannot give myself. Show me the way and give me hope. Higher Power, thank you!

Today's Action
Today I will remember a time during my active addiction when I felt hopeless. I will reflect on what I learned from this and share my thoughts with a recovery friend.

04/22/2026

Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.

Oh, how we hate pain! Doesn't everyone? And it isn't true that pain is ennobling or in some other mysterious way "good for you." The only people who say that are those who have gotten by, so far, without much pain. But sometimes things have to get worse - more painful - before they get better.

We feel painful conflict when we start to recover. After all, we have lived in certain systems for many years. And these systems are self-perpetuating - they always seek stability. Sparks fly when we move in on our systems and start to change the rules. There is always confrontation when we act instead of reacting. And confrontation means challenge. In the midst of conflict and confusion, the pain of forging on can be almost unbearable. It would be so easy to throw in the towel and surrender. But sometimes there's just no way out but through. The rewards of discovering that path are great and will stay with us for a lifetime.

Today, I pray for the courage to persist. If there has to be pain, let me accept it now, get on with it, and be through with it.

04/21/2026

To care about you, I have to be everything that is in me.

What exactly are we talking about when we talk about love? Is it merging our lives with another person's life - two people thinking, feeling, and acting in agreement? Is it never again feeling lonely, frightened, angry, or sad? Is it attempting to fill up our own and another person's empty spaces? Is it meeting another person's needs so well that we'll never risk conflict or have to suffer rejection or loss again? Is it finding the "perfect" person?

Our thirst for love may sometimes lead us to deny needs and wants that are important in our development as individuals. Healthy, lasting relationships are not based on a lack of self-regard. Learning how to love and honor other human beings begins with exploring and acknowledging our own needs and wants and treating ourselves with compassion, tenderness, and respect. The more room we make for ourselves, the more spacious and generous our love for others becomes.

Today, I take time to focus on ways of loving myself.

04/20/2026

Be careful with amends.
Hurting someone thoughtlessly just to lift our own guilt is not a proper Step Nine. Amends are for rebuilding the burned bridges in our lives. But if amends will hurt someone, we must decide if it's in that person's best interest to be told now. Oftentimes it's best left unsaid, but never denied to ourselves or to God.

Changing our behavior intentionally is one part of making amends, particularly to family members who may have heard us say "I'm sorry" far too many times. Repaying money, repairing damages, and making charitable contributions on behalf of the person we have harmed are all honest attempts to right our wrong. The point in every amends attempt is to take responsibility for what we did and express our regrets. Couple this with changed behavior, and our relationships will improve immediately.

I will not shy away from any amends I need to make today, but I'll be careful not to hurt someone with information he or she doesn't need to know.

04/19/2026

Reflection for the Day
What about "justifiable anger"? If somebody cheats us or acts toward us in an outrageous manner, don't we have the right to be furious? The hard-learned experiences of countless others in the program tell us that adventures in rage are usually extremely dangerous. So, while we must recognize anger enough to say, "I am angry," we must not allow the build-up of rage, however justifiable. Can I accept the fact that if I am to live, I have to be free of anger?

Today I Pray
Even though I go out of the way to skirt them, may I be aware that there always will be certain situations or certain people who will make me angry. When my anger doesn't seem justifiable - with arguable reason behind it - I may deny it, even to myself. May I recognize my anger, whether it is reasonable or not, before I bury it alive.

Today I Will Remember
It is all right to feel anger.

04/18/2026

A Helping Hand
The first time I got sober was December of 1984. The second time was in November of 1986. I got my orders in July of 1989, and I was scared as hell to move to Tennessee with my two young boys. They were three and five as we were moving across country.

My friend Alonso was like a father to me. He said, "As long as you cover my gas, lodging, and food, I will move you and the boys." He also wouldn't leave until I went to at least one meeting. He wanted me to have my feet somewhat planted firmly on the ground. I did as he suggested.

I'm grateful he was in my corner during this transition in my life.

When transitions in my life arise, major or minor, I will ensure I am spiritually planted with others in sobriety.

04/17/2026

Exercising patience
To be patient means being willing to wait for fulfillment. We can head straight for our goal of sobriety, asking for patience as we pause for the stoplights along the way and wait.

If we refuse to wait and plunge ahead, we are sure to go the long way around and perhaps lose sight of our objective in the process. We must always keep in mind that our objective is a sober way of thinking and living. We must have patience or our objective will slip away.

Do I exercise patience?

Higher Power, help me to do the things today that will make me ready. Help me to be willing to wait for the right things.

I will exercise patience today by...

04/16/2026

Finding Hope
Since devoting myself to recovery, I've never been without hope. I've experienced some really dark times in recovery, and there have been times when hope was all that I had. There's an Italian proverb that says, "Hope is the last thing ever lost." How beautiful. How inspiring. I now understand that sharing hope is the most important thing I can do. Hope can be planted like a seed. I confess I was once a dope dealer; now I'm a hope dealer. I can share my experience and my knowledge to inspire hope in others. I can show them how to share their hope. And hope will spread. Hope will grow.

Hope is really about believing that things just might be okay. We can hope for healed relationships. We can hope for fresh starts. We can hope to make it through the next hour, next day, next week, next month, and next year in our recovery. We can hope to feel joy again. Hope means glimmers of light in the darkness, in the darkest of despair.

We all have hope. Somewhere. We might have to dig deep, but it's there.

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