Imagine!

I'm kind of amazed at how much AA is similar to the recovery of Clinical Depression.  I was with a friend who is in AA this week and from our talking, I realized more and more our paths of recovery are so similar.  We have to "work the program" daily.  There are no social or racial barriers as to who is affected by our diseases.  I refuse to live in fear of a relapse, I just like to think I'm being gingerly cautious in self awareness.  

Ironically, I'm reading a book, Undoing Depression, and I was pleasantly surprised to read last night that this Doctor agrees.  He said, "People in AA know from experience that not drinking is not enough; they have to "live the program."  Like alcoholism, depression is a lifelong  condition that can be cured only by a deliberate effort to change ourselves."  I feel like being a sponge and gathering as much information as I can on the topic is setting me up for success.  

I received the wisest, kindest text this morning from a friend that is so worthy of sharing:  

You are peeling back the layers of those things that have burdened you piece by piece.  We don't know we are in bondage to something until we are no longer a slave to it.  

I see your future self HAPPY.  Able to take DEEP breaths.  Able to ENJOY.  Confident.  Secure.  FREE. 

Begin seeing yourself as that.  And instead of thinking ABOUT what you want for your life tomorrow, 6 months from now, 5 years from now...begin thinking FROM that.  

Imagine.  Think FROM what you imagine.  It will happen.