I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE - WHAT CAN I DO?

When our lives are a constant mess and we don't know what to do, we often find ourselves worrying over what is going to happen to us and our relationship. We may have all sorts of worries confronting us and we find it harder and harder to think constructively: WE  WORRY most of the time.

What can we do?

One of the greatest gifts in life is to learn to live ONE  DAY  AT  A  TIME.

What this means is:

• Do what you have to do today to get by - do what must be done today
  
• Try to stop foreseeing all the problems ahead of us: what can you really do about things that have not happened yet?
  
• Concentrate on living this one day - after all, in reality it is all any of us have - just today. Actually, JUST RIGHT NOW!  Anything could happen in the next few hours. So there is nothing we can do except live RIGHT  NOW.
  
• Think about living IN  THE  MOMENT,  in the NOW.  If you feel worried, bring your mind back to what is going on around you right now. Do something for yourself to keep busy and concentrate on that.
  
• Realise that you cannot control the future - therefore things will happen that you do not expect.  Instead of worrying about what might happen, think that whatever it is, you will cope with it IF and WHEN it might happen. Until then, a worry is just a negative thought.
  
• Read more about LIVING IN THE MOMENT.
  
• Get through this day as best you can, and let tomorrow take care of itself.

That is actually what recovering alcoholics try to do: get through one day at a time, THIS day, without a drink, and don't even think about tomorrow. They concentrate on TODAY.

I hope this helps someone out there cope a little better by learning a new way to survive and live on.