Living Sober Watching Out For Complacency

As our time increases in recovery one of the enemies we need to guard against is becoming complacent.  We think we are doing okay so we skip doing the things that helped us get sober and have a productive life.  We get busy earning money and don't 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 are feeling okay, we have recovery mastered. It’s at this time of feeling self-satisfied that we are most vulnerable to relapse to our substance or habit of choice, or to slide into new unhealthy behaviours.

Sin and self-satisfaction bring destruction and death to stupid fools. (Proverbs 1:32 CEV) 

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) 

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 relationship with You 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