1. Just for today I will try to live through this day only, not tackling all of my problems at once. I can do something at this moment that would discourage me if I had to continue it for a lifetime.

 

2. Just for today I will try to by happy, realising that my happiness does not depend on what others do or say or what happens around me. Happiness is a result of being at peace with myself.

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3. Just for today I will adjust myself to what is and not force everything to adjust to my own desires. I will accept my family, my friends, my business, my circumstances as they come.

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4. Just for today I will take care of my physical health; I will exercise my mind; I will read something spiritual.

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5. Just for today I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. If anyone knows of it, it will not count. I will do at least one thing I don't want to do, and I will perform some small act of love for my neighbour.

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6. Just for today I will go out of my way to be kind to someone I meet. I will be considerate, talk low, and look as good as I can. I will not engage in unnecessary criticism or finding fault, nor try to improve or regulate anybody except myself.

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7. Just for today I will have a program. I may not follow it exactly but I will have it. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.

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8. Just for today I will stop saying, "If I had time". I never will find time for anything. If I want time, I must take it.

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9. Just for today I will have a quiet time of meditation wherein I shall think of my Higher Power, of my self and of my neighbour. I shall relax and seek truth.

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10. Just for today I shall be unafraid. Particularly, I shall be unafraid to be happy, to enjoy what is good, what is beautiful and what is lovely in life.

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11. Just for today I will not compare myself with others. I will accept myself and live to the best of my ability.

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12. Just for today I choose to believe that I can live this one day.

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​Emotions Anonymous’ Twelve Traditions, Steps, and Promises were adapted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc.