Living Sober Watching Out For Complacency
Wednesday February 19, 2020
As our time increases in recovery one of the enemies we need to be aware of and guard against is becoming complacent. We think we're doing okay so we skip doing the things that helped us get sober and find life. We get too busy earning money and we don't take time to go to church or meetings anymore. We used to take time in the morning for prayer, meditation, and reading our Bible but now we hit the snooze button one more time and just grab a coffee and get on with the day. After all, we think, we've got recovery now. We're feeling okay. It's at this time that we are most vulnerable to relapse to our substance or habit of choice or slide into new unhealthy behaviour.
Sin and self-satisfaction bring destruction and death to stupid fools. (Proverbs 1:32 CEV)
Sometimes the signal that we've become complacent shows in an attitude. We get irritated and find ourselves reacting negatively towards others. We excuse our attitude and blame it on annoyance with those newer in recovery than ourselves. Perhaps we begin to feel a bit isolated and find ourselves sleeping more or vegging out in front of a screen where we used to get in touch with friends. We begin to tell ourselves that maybe we could have one drink or hang out at the bar with friends and just not drink. It's time to take an inventory and check in with someone who can speak the truth to us, whether it is convenient or not.
They have lost all feeling for what is right. So they have given themselves over to all kinds of evil pleasures. They take part in every kind of unclean act. And they are full of greed. (Ephesians 4:19 NIRV)
The Bible warns us to be alert and to stay on guard because our enemy is just waiting for an opportunity to get at us when we are vulnerable.
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. (1 Peter 5:8 NIV)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I need you just like I needed you the first day I came into recovery. Help me to reestablish my personal relationship with you today and to get back on track with prayer and meditation, seeking only to know your will and have the power to carry it out. Amen
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