Today's Readings - Voices of Recovery

"Abstinence is the beginning." For Today p. 167 I could not work the Steps and grow spiritually without being abstinent. Putting the excess food down cleared my body and my mind so that I could be open to examine the defects of character in me that blocked me from my Higher Power. Freedom from my substance opens my mind and my heart to the changes that are necessary for me to become all that my Higher Power created me to be. When I remain in the food, the channel to my Higher Power is closed. Remaining abstinent is a priority I must have in my life if I am going to grow and change through the Twelve Steps.