MY DAILY PLAN? DO I NEED ONE?

Well, I don’t know about you, but  I construct a daily plan.  My day is broken down into three parts: the morning, during the day and before going to bed. One of the major reasons for the daily plan is to prevent me from relapsing into my addictive behavior and thinking. In the morning prayer and meditation time I try to read, reflect upon my “spiritual” program of recovery and prepare myself for the day. I pray the Third Step prayer to our God, as we understand our God to be: “God, I offer myself to you –to build with me and to do with me as you will. Relieve me of the bondage of self that I may better do thy will. Take away my difficulties, that my transcendence over them may bear witness to those I would help of your Power, your love and your way of life. May I do your will always.”  I always read and reflect upon a higher thought from the Depressed Anonymous daily meditation book, Higher Thoughts for Down  Days. I carry this thought with me throughout the day and then before bedtime, reflect upon the day and see how I have maintained my serenity during the day. I replace all negative thoughts with three SUNSPOTS, as we call them in our program. These three thoughts are positive reflections to counter the negative thought which have a tendency to accelerate the “stinkin’  thinking” and throw us into pit of despair.

Then at the end of the day, I thank God for how he continues to use my experiences of hope to help others who seem trapped in  their isolation and sadness.  I am equipped with a definite plan for use throughout my day and using the tools that I have attained with my Depressed Anonymous program. The old saying is true: If you don’t plan your day, it will plan you.” And I know all about the dead end that happens when I let my day plan me:  the hole which I am digging just gets deeper. To establish a daily plan and maintain it is a day which is filled with hope.

3 thoughts on “MY DAILY PLAN? DO I NEED ONE?”

  1. I love this post, it really helped me in my 2nd day of using this website. I developed a daily plan for today, and it helped me when I woke up this morning. Waking up has been a hard time of the day, but today I had something to look forward to.

    Would someone tell me what “sunspots” are?

    I hope everyone has a good day today, and I look forward to connecting with people.

    1. Karen, Thank you. Don’t let the day plan you. Plan an activity for every hour of the day so that you are not bored and isolated and the stinkin’ thinking starts.
      Get the body moving and the mind will follow! Replace every negative thought with three positive and happy thoughts! These are called SUNSPOTS in our Depressed Anonymous book. And remember, we always look forward to hearing from you and all those others who want to comment and get some helpful ideas.

      1. Thanks so much for your reply. I think you may be the same person who responded to another comment of mine. I am developing a list of sunspots, and I ordered the books. I am feeling better and hopeful. I look forward to hearing back from you!

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