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? Psst\u2026 This is more of long-form resource than a quick read, so feel free to come back and read it piece by piece on your own time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A long time ago, when I was a sad and confused newcomer, my new sponsor told me “This program didn’t work for me until I started taking actions<\/a> every day. So I’m giving you this morning routine now. If you do this every day, you’ll be just fine”. <\/em>He then laid out this set of actions I would come to love (and sometimes hate) for the years since:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.<\/strong> “In the morning, as soon as you can, get on your knees and say “God, thank you for a sober night, please grant me a sober day”.
2.<\/strong> Then recite the first 3 steps as a prayer (“God, I’m powerless over _<\/em>\u2026 you can restore me to sanity\u2026\u201d, then the 3rd Step prayer)
3.<\/strong> Read a page from the Big Book and a page from the White Book
4. <\/strong>Make 3 phone calls a day and go to 3 meetings a week
5. <\/strong>At night, get on your knees and pray “God, thank you for a sober day, please grant me a sober night”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s the original list. Since then, every time I’ve diligently stuck to these original actions, my recovery has been in a good place. I’ve felt stable, comfortable and “cleaned out”. And when I’ve gotten too comfortable and let those actions slide, I’ve only suffered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On an average day, I spend at least 23 hours outside of meetings. So it’s important to bring the program into my daily life. Otherwise I don’t stand a chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this article I reached out to our local English-speaking fellowship Israel to find out what other daily recovery routines people have. I hope you will find this to be useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of everyone who responded, the amount of daily action varied considerably. Some members had none at all, some only did night, and some only did morning. The most intense response I got was: “Every day by 8 AM I’ve worked out, prayed, meditated, done my DSR, and a 10th Step inventory.”<\/em> (spoiler alert: he has really amazing sobriety. I wonder why.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sobriety of respondents ranged from several weeks to over 30 years, with an average of about 3 years of sobriety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think of this as a sort of “idea library” you can use with your sponsor to upgrade your own personal daily recovery routine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Daily Recovery routines: a collection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here are several daily programs from different members.
Some are long, some are short, but they all work. As always, ask your sponsor before making any changes to your program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#1 <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I once heard an AA member say: “every morning I wake up with untreated alcoholism”<\/em>. If I don\u2019t connect right away I\u2019m liable to make decisions based on self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So every morning, I do Step 11, like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n