Day 961 Clean & Sober

Good morning!  My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict.  When I was drinking and using I was always looking for the answer to life...how to fix all my problems.  I was thinking somehow I was the solution to overcome all the obstacles I had created for myself. I was nowhere NEAR the solution, I was the problem.  I was lost and wandering in the dark, thinking I was alone.  I was calling out for help, while God was by my side the whole time, sometimes carrying me through my hardships.  My occasional foxhole prayers meant nothing, I just needed help for the moment.  But when I was truly ready to surrender He was there.  He was there ready to carry me out of the hole I had dug so deep.  Today, He is my hope, my light, my strength, my comforter.  He is always with me.  He loves me and never leaves me.  Deuteronomy 31:8 says, "The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.  Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. " I truly believe this today.  That's all for today.  Have a great one!