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Old 10-18-2024, 06:47 AM   #18
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Accepting Help

When I was in the military in the early 2000s, alcoholism and drug addiction were the kiss of death. If you liked what you were doing and wanted to keep on doing it, you certainly didn't say you had a problem, because that was pretty much it. If you were using illegal drugs, you were probably going to jail if they caught you. If you were an alcoholic, you were probably on your way out.

At one point in time, there was this really great sergeant who could really see inside people, and he saw there was a problem. He referred me to what at that time was called a BAP (behavioral analysis program), which was basically an IOP (intensive outpatient program) for active duty. The only reason I did it was fear of getting kicked out, because I didn't think I had a problem.

It's not that BAP didn't try - it's that I wasn't ready to recognize I had a problem. I didn't graduate from it, because another deployment came up. The idea was, Well, he's going overseas, so he won't be able to drink over there. That will fix his alcoholism. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Today I'll remind myself that help is always there when I need it, but I have to accept it for it to do any good.

Today's reading is from the book Leave No One Behind: Daily meditations for Military Service Members and Veterans in Recovery*
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"No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy
AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt
We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time!
God says that each of us is worth loving.
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