The celebrations of this day will be over at midnight, and tomorrow I will wake up glad to be alive and abstinent. ~ For Today (Kindle Locations 1483-1484).

Every day is someone’s birthday,
most named to honor a group or cause.
The major holidays adorn the stores
months ahead of time. Celebratory meals,
the office spread, temptation runs rampart
to tease the yens of the compulsive,
the food addicts, the cravers.
Master the one, and more awaite
with the flip of a calendar page.
But temptation calls only
the unprepared, those weakened,
squandering daily reprieves.
Immersed in recovery, right choices rule
and every day right-sighted stands grand.