June 20, 2026 - Complacency

My thought for today is complacency. It is a drifting away from what we do to keep us fit, whether emotional or spiritual. It's like no longer tending the fire because the room is already warm. I have been sober almost twenty nine years so why do I still need to attend meetings. I have seen countless folk with long term sobriety relapse and when they finally make their way back to sobriety, the first thing they tell us they stopped doing was going to meetings. It is said that people who go to meetings on a regular basis find out what happens to people who don't go to meetings on a regular basis. Complacency is subtle. Prayer becomes shorter, more mechanical. Meditation becomes optional. Meetings are repetitive. Resentments linger longer. We stop asking for help because we think we no longer need it. Our spiritual life is like a garden; if we don't tend it, the weeds will grow and eventually all the flowers will die.