August 31, 2026 - Complacency

My thought for today is Complacency. It is defined as self-satisfaction that dulls awareness of real risks, problems, or needed effort. I'm doing well now so I don't need to go to a meeting tonight. Complacency is usually gradual. We miss a meeting and nothing bad happens to us, so we miss another and another and another. Now, it's a week since we've been to a meeting, a week since we've talked to our sponsor, a week since we've prayed, and then it's a month and still nothing bad has happened. We begin to think we don't really need those things and so we step further away from them. Whenever I talk to a person who has relapsed, the very first thing they say they stopped doing was going to meetings. Almost always, the second thing they stopped doing was talking with their sponsor. And, somewhere amid all that, they stopped talking with their higher power, whether asking for guidance or simply saying thank you for blessings received. Eventually, they wake up alone in detox, trying to figure out what happened. If they are lucky enough to wake up at all.