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Recovery
Written By, Jennifer W.
Yesterday is gone
Today has just begun
Tomorrow is not yet here.
The clouds are shifting
The fog is lifting
And everything is made clear
We can’t go back or forward
We only have today
So let us bow our heads and pray
That we stay in the moment
Now and forever
Because We only have today
One was never enough
I had to have that stuff
Every thing was a blur
I couldn’t talk clearly
I lost everything dear to me
All I could do was slur
I begged God to help me
I’d reached the turning point
I was so full of fear
All the days I’d wasted
All the wine I’d tasted
Was time I switched the gear
I went for help
Put booze on the shelf
Working on a year
Made lots of new friends
Ditched all the old ones
Feeling better about myself
The future seems much brighter
Living only for the day
The dread of yesterday
Fear of tomorrow
Has slowly gone away
Published By ANL – September 2025
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Heard in a Meeting
“When I smoked, my problems would have puppies.” – Anonymous Published in A New Leaf – May 2025
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