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The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been, is but the twilight of the dawn. ∼H.G. Wells

Each day is the beginning of our new life as we practice living it without the use of mind-affecting chemicals. We often hear, “Each day is a new beginning,” and, “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” Does this mean that we forget the past and it counts for naught? Maybe being chemically dependent and walking through a living hell was not the past we wanted to base our new beginning on each day, but our past was, and continues to be, the beginning of this beginning. Without our past, we could not embark on today in this particular way. It took every single bit of our past to turn us into the strong, dedicated people we are today. For most of us, most of the time, we are pretty much in love with our new, clean, and sober beginnings.

Anytime I choose, I can begin today over again,

making any past the beginning

of a new beginning.

I recognize that my past is why I'm here today, and I accept that I can't change the things I did because they were meant to be. Those past events brought me down so I could look inside.

∼Chemically Dependent Anonymous P 216