Just for today, I will try not to worry and fret and stay in the moment, and let the day unfold as it should and trust my Higher Power to see me through.

My doctor is never on time. My appointment isn't until 5:10 p.m. and I keep asking myself, why did I book this appointment so late. I am his last patient of the day. I want to see him, not an intern, as I want to discuss my medication, my loss of balance, and my headaches with him. I think these are all related, so I don't want a go between person, trying to convey my needs to him.

I also have booked darts for 7:15 p.m. for pick up at home to go to an AA meeting that starts at 8 p.m. I have pick up for 9:30 p.m. A long time friend is speaking and another good friend is going to be there. I haven't been to the group for about 15 years. I will put my day into the hands of my Higher Power and trust instead of worry.

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Just for today, I will have a quiet time all by myself and relax.

Just for today, I will practice the program in ALL of my affairs. This is a living program.

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Just for today, I will practice rigorous honesty. It is one of the keys to sobriety. You need to be honest with yourself, others, and your Higher Power.

Just for today, I have to try not to be greedy and eat too many cookies. I also had to practice patience, waiting for four pans of cookies to bake. My oven doesn't seem to cook things according to directions, so had to have some tolerance too. The Serenity Prayer works in my life, so grateful for it.

This tells me to maintain balance in my life. Have a cookie, but don't eat all that you bake, although I sometimes feel like I have to get my share before my son eats them all.

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Just for today, I will help others to make life easier. I just saw a worker here carrying a garbage can to the dumpster outside. it is a ways from the building. I offered him my two wheeled cart so he won't have to carry it so far. It is easier to push it on a cart than to carry it. I asked him if it was a good idea and he smiled, said yes, and thanked me.

Just for today, I will try to find some acceptance of where I am in today. I had another fall, and I think it is the neuropathy, osteo, and pseudo gout that is causing the problem not my medication. My feet and legs are numb to my knees, my ankles hurt and my feet hurt to bend. I don't think my feet are always flat on the floor. My son has been giving me heck for a while, he keeps saying, "Use your cane Mother so you don't fall." So, again it is Step One. It was the topic for discussion at my group today as we had a newcomer. As one fellow share, "I have to do Step One every day." I thought, "Duh, you know that, my life is unmanageable when managed by me. If I have to control it, it is already out of control. Acceptance is the key to all my problems in today.

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Just for today I will remind myself that I stay sober for me, not someone else (like my son), otherwise it won't work. So one day at a time For myself, I choose to be sober and not pick up that drink.

Just for today, I will forgive myself. I spent most of my day in bed. For me that isn't living. I just woke up after a four hour nap. I only was up for six hours today. My heart was acting funny and I couldn't seem to stay awake. I tried to do meditation, and I realize now, that I should have done more. I allowed my pain and my dis-ease to rule my life, and that isn''t an option, if I want to be living sober in today.

This looks like they are playing that old game I played as a child, "London Bridge is falling down." I feel like my world is falling down, when I can't get up and do what I need to do each day.

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Just for today, I will practice patience, patience, patience. Didn't like having to cancel my visit to my sister, but when I phoned her, I found out that she hadn't been feeling well for a couple of days.

I woke up earlier, but found I just had to go back to bed. I lose patience with myself. I don't need anyone around to lose my patience. My worst enemy can be me.

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Just for today, I will take care of myself. I am half sick and I'm doctoring myself with over-the-counter medicine. I may have to go to the doctor. I may be getting bronchitis again.

Just for today, I will try to follow doctor`s orders. I have to go to see him every week, except for one week where I go to the nerve specialist.

No cutting corners, no ifs, ands, and buts, it is do it! No easing off in any way shape or form. I can talk myself into anything and out of everything.

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Just for today, I will continue to practice patience and tolerance. I am grateful for the program, I sure needed it today. I still have to call Darts, so will need it when I speak to them.

I have to book to see the heart specialist for the month of March and possibly for April as well. It took such a long time for them to go through when I booked them for my weekly group meetings. One day at a time, things work out in spite of me.

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Just for today, I will be happy even though I am feeling pretty crappy with my bronchitis and ear infection.

Just for today, I will remember that for every finger I point out, I have three coming back at me. I have a problem with noise and it is even worse, if it is a raised voice and it is directed at me. There was a time when I would get defensive and make noisy back, but I try not to do that in today.

Patience and tolerance were in short supply today.

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Just for today, I will take life as it comes. When I turn my day over to my Higher Power things just seem to fall in place. All I have to do is get out of my own way and leave the debating society behind. I found myself should I, shouldn't I take a taxi to the hospital to see my sister. I decided on the bus. The bus came in 2 minutes, the bus I had to transfer to, was sitting at the other bus stop, and it didn't drive away until after I was in the bus. I asked the driver if she saw me coming. She said, "No, I was too interest in my food." Ironically, when I got to the hospital, my sister was just being served her dinner. I had forgone mine, just ate some fruit and didn't eat until I got home. I think there was a message in there somewhere.

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Just for today, I will turn my will and my life over to the Care of the God of my understanding. It is surprising how things turn out. Good people are put in my path, specials on things I didn't know I needed, and days where I am so full of the spirit, I feel like I could bust. Some days are so filled up, I get tired and have to take a nap. Who would have ever thought that there would be days where there there were just not enough hours in it.

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Just for today, I will try not to procrastinate any longer and get my laundry done. I have too many clothes. How can we go to our closets and say, "I have nothing to wear?" That is not practicing self-honesty. There are clothes there, just not what I want to wear in the moment. There is that voice inside that tells me that I want and need 'more' and the addict in me, go out shopping to see what speaks to them in the moment. When I start thinking more, is when I need to procrastinate and tell myself, I won't listen to that voice in today.

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Just for today, I will focus on what needs to be done and try to stay in the moment. I can read my book while doing laundry, just as easily as I can watching TV. I bought some water, so I can take it down with me. I put an extra $5. on my card, so that shows promise. I will see what happens after I eat dinner. After I have eaten, I have been having pain, so will see how food sits with me today. I have been doing meditation and asking for healing.

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Just for today I will go to an AA meeting. I will listen and learn. I will share my experience, strength, and hope as much as possible to help others.

Just for today, I will keep my thoughts and opinions to myself. There are a couple of people in my life that I would like to give some good orderly direction, and it isn't my job. I will leave them in their God's Hands and focus on my own stuff. As they say, "It takes one to know one, so what I see in others is a reflection from within me."

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Just for today, I will be patient. I am getting tired of being sick and constantly blowing my nose and occasionally coughing. I've been under the weather for 2 weeks.

Just for today, I will take a time out and not let busy get in the way of the healing energies that are sent through prayer according to my God's Will. I will look at what decisions I made to bring me to where I am at, is it just the honey buns I ate or is their something else I have to change?

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Just for today, I hope to get some sleep, go downtown and/or do my laundry. I need to do both, but not sure I will have the energy to do both. A lot will depend on the weather as to whether I go out the door.

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Just for today, I will stay in the moment. I won't let my excitement rob me of sleep, so I will be wide awake to meet my internet friend at Tim Horton's for lunch.

We have been sharing for several years and look forward to seeing her in person.

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Just for today, I have to be accepting what is in the moment, knowing it is subject to change. This too shall pass, be it the good or not so good, life goes on. I need to let go of the little things as well as the big things.

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Just for today, I will work on my acceptance. I have a lot of doctor's appointment this month. Hope to find some answers. Just trying to stay in the moment, and accept what is, knowing it is subject to change. It is what it is, and all I can do is just try to live in today to the best of my ability. I really need to lower my expectations.

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Just for today, I will be willing to go to any length to stay and be sober.

Just for today, I will remember that I can't get involved in controversy if I practice the slogan, "Live, and let live." I don't have to be a happening, looking for a place to land.

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Just for today, I will face my issues. I will no longer try to stuff them, turn a blind eye to them, and I will acknowledge them and recognize them for what they are.

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Just for today, I will be forgiving. Starting with forgiving myself. I am not perfect and I can't get down on myself when I make a mistake or screw up.

Just for today I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me.

Just for today, I will ask for help. That doesn't mean it will be given to me from the Source I expect from, by my Higher Power has never failed me yet. I not only need to be willing to give, I need to be willing to receive. Today I brought my angel cards out for my meditation.

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Just for today, I will be patient. Not only with others, but with myself too. I will stop beating myself up for running over my big toe with my computer chair. I shared about it as a JoAnne thing at my group today. The topics were acceptance, sense of humor, and patience. All things I needed to start my day, and when I remember, it is one day at a time, I can get through things much more easily. I have short time memory loss too. I forgot about those three topics this afternoon, when Darts stood me up and it cost me $6. to come home by taxi.

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Just for today, I will help others who need my help. I will be willing to go out of my way to help someone in need. I have found that when I do this, I am blessing the person and I am also blessing myself. A win-win situation. Isn't that great?!

Just for today, I will be grateful. When everything falls into place and you go with the flow, things unfold as they should. Little things like having exactly the right change, getting all the green lights, thinking of someone and you get a call from them, and the list goes on and on.

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Just for today, I will have a goal and aim toward it. I will have purpose and take pride in my accomplishments. Through my God, all things are possible. His Will, not mine be done.

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Just for today, I will accept my limitations. I will lover my expectations and be more accepting of what is in today.

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Just for today, I will take time out of my day to pray to God, my Higher Power and meditate. A relationship with God (Higher Power) is the most important relationship I can have. I will embrace it today and every day!

Just for today, I will choose life by choosing recovery. I will also take care of myself.