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January 31

Why am I so sad? Why am I so upset? I should put my hope in God … ∼ Psalm 43:5

Many of us came into the rooms of C.D.A. carrying a heart full of lifelong pain. We may have sought therapy to relieve the suffering, religion to quiet our spirit, or a relationship to fix us and make the pain go away. These things didn’t seem to work for long, if at all. We continued to drown our sorrows or self-medicate away the misery. It seldom occurred to us that the use of alcohol and drugs might be the cause of the pain, not the cure. It surely didn’t occur to us that therapy, religion, or relationships were hopeless in our lives so long as we were using. We learn in Step Two that a God of our understanding actually is the solution and the hope that we seek. Chemicals themselves were the barrier between us and our Higher Power, and if they didn’t actually start the pain, they surely prolonged it.

Mind-affecting, mood-altering chemicals

and unnecessary medications are not the

solution to my problems. They are the problems.

The pain that tore at our souls is transformed into a message of serenity, courage and wisdom.

∼Chemically Dependent Anonymous P 84