24 Hours At A Time

I am amazed at the many different ways that the 12 steps of AA help me besides alcoholism. I am doing a very good job of controlling my diabetes through the same 12 steps.
When first being told I was a diabetic, I was in the same denial that I was about my alcoholism. I didn't want to exercise every day and I didn't want to give up sweets and carbs. I was powerless to stop eating this way, and I turned it over to God. He has helped me greatly. The biggest problem for me, whether it was giving up the booze OR the Pepsi and ice cream, was thinking about going the rest of my life without them. Then I thought about that beautiful AA slogan, "1 day at a time." That was the turning point. No, I can't fathom going the rest of my life without sweets and having to exercise, but I CAN do it today (and I did). And tomorrow, I will do the same thing, for both addictions. Thinking this way has brought my blood sugar readings down from a dangerous 350 to an almost normal 140. And I didn't do this through Diabetic Digest readings or Jenny Craig. I owe my gratitude to the grace of God and the 12 steps.-Frosty