Many people living in one day at a time recovery have limited incomes. Often just paying our bills becomes a challenge for many of us. It could happen to anyone. Right now, as it usually is, the world is facing an economic conundrum. The system of meritocracy needs merit most of us just a little more. Or so we believe – just a little more. A reality is – is that many of us need to curb our obsessive want. Community has told us this for a long time. Our unbridled greed interferes with the fulfillment of a community’s needs. Unbridled greed interferes with the growth of community and creates economic injustice. Community’s existence is the attempt to hold unbridled greed at bay. We know greed is not a good thing. Many of us who struggle economically still attempt to help those who are less fortunate than ourselves. When we do so we are doing so because of the benefits of one day at a time recovery. We have become reasonable souls. Also we know what struggle is like. Conundrum or not many people choose to be kind and generous. We all benefit. Maybe kindness and generosity will solve the problem. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery are fighting a war. Many us us call, or have called this conflict, spiritual warfare. We believe that we are off to slay a dragon. What we discover is the dragon is within. We understand that this dragon is want. We understand this dragon is need. Also we understand this dragon is ignorance. We understand this dragon is every fear that we have ever had or still have to this very day. This dragon is our existence of imperfection. Invite it to have company with us as we entertain its whims. We have served it well, and it has protected us. It is time we have accepted it. It is our broken reality. In all our simplicity this dragon is ours to accept and in doing so we let it be. When we do so the spirit of wellness can tame and diminish its power. The spirit of wellness comes to us one day at a time. This spirit will not make us perfect but it will bring us peace, and in doing so it often puts the dragon asleep. When this happens we understand the meaning of grace, acceptance, and freedom. Wellness is a much more manageable place to live. We have grown and have found humility. And when we have done so we have found compassion not only for ourselves but for others too. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery start their day by surrendering to wellness. Many of us call this wellness God, the spirit or the universe. In all reality we stop fighting a battle we cannot win. We accept that we cannot control everything, and everyone in our lives. Absolute certainty is not possible for it isn’t a reality. We live with the premise that as long as we don’t pick up that first puff, hit or drink manageable wellness will be within our grasp one day at a time. We understand that at times we will need help, and we will need to reach out but in all reality we will live to be another day. When we surrender to wellness we will see its power work through other people. We will understand the meaning of living happy joyous and free lives because we have surrendered our being to wellness. It’s a paradox that in surrendering we win a battle that we have no chance of winning. One of the reasons we surrender daily is because we are just an arms length away from that first puff, hit or drink. We don’t need to do this alone. Recovery is meant to be shared. Reach out. Give back. Peace.
People living life one day at a time have periods in their lives when they feel dismally alone. It’s reality. The paradox of such reality is often we need time to be alone for self-reflection and self-care to deal with the adversities of feeling dismally alone. Sometimes even those of us who are introverted people struggle when we feel too alone. We all need to feel in connection somehow or someway to someone or something to feel that we belong. Without such belonging despair and depression are knocking at our door. For some of us this is the reality of being human. Self-reflection and self-care can give us the resilience to reach out and be in community with others. No-one needs to face life alone. Many of us receive or have received professional treatment to help us. We need not be afraid to seek such treatment. Participate in recovery. Peace.
People who live life one day at a time reached out for help because of desperation. In the beginning few of us understood anything other than our world was falling apart and we were bottoming out. Families, friends and co-workers told us we needed help. Often we realized we had lost the power of choice. The sad thing was that our ego told us that in a short time we would once again be in control. If we live in accordance to this belief we will bottom out again. Few of us are ready to accept the consequences of locked institutions or death. This is the reality of active addiction. We need to know this. When we tell others that time takes time we are telling them that it takes years to understand the gift of desperation. There is no better teacher than experience. When we understand this we understand time takes time. In respect to reality we know that one day at a time recovery doesn’t create perfect lives. We have to learn live with adversity and pain to experience the reality of happy, joyous and free lives. It’s a paradox when we understand that we can only keep what we have by giving it away. Recovery is a selfishly selfless anomaly. Live it. Peace.
Many of us living life one day at a time live believing recovery is a long term commitment. We want to be healthy one day at a time for as long as we possibly can. We do this knowing one day one day one day is how we plan to do it. Many one days can make a life time of recovery, reality and contentment. People do this. Even with setbacks and struggles we can manage life and our disorders while experiencing a life well lived. Gratitude plays a role in this. And we need not forget that the gift of desperation started this joyous and torrid journey we call life. In reality we have loved some people and we might have even helped a few of them on the way. When we stopped the rush we learned to enjoy life, and we understood the reality of one day at a time recovery. Let’s be well today. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery learn to think. In doing so we consider upon the reality and the benefits of living in recovery. Reality reveals to us such consideration causes growth. Much thought and a snippet of gratitude helps us to appreciate our own value and the value of other people. Recovery gives birth to the spiritual principal of kindness. When kindness grows we learn to be kind to ourselves, and in doing so we become kind to others. The world becomes a little better place to live in when we consider the difference between when we were living in constant struggle as opposed to living with the benefits and reality of one day at a time recovery. We now have manageable lives. We know our lives are not perfect but living is doable and we understand what other people mean when they say that they live happy, joyous and free lives. It’s a non-perpetual reality and we understand this as we recognize the growth we are being exposed to. It’s a pretty good life. We understand this with time. Peace.
Those of us living in one day at a time recovery learn the reality of life. Our reality is recovery doesn’t end all our difficulties but we do understand the reality of living well. Living well helps to prevent problems that seem to pile up and pile up. One such prevention tool is we learn to be grateful. Gratitude is a mindset which creates happiness which allows us to be reasonable and realistic. In such we find joy and a semblance of freedom. Then we discover that living well is freedom in itself. More often than not one day at a time recovery creates good and manageable lives for us. Manageable lives and living in recovery enables us to deal with adversity and stress to a much greater degree than before we learned how to live well. In doing so we learn how to have healthy relationships with give and take and we have the ability to trust and be trusted. We learn how to reach out. Living well helps us to understand that we don’t have to experience the joys and difficulties of life alone. No-one is an island. We learn to live well. Please join us. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time can react quickly to situations without much thought. Our automatic reaction is often based upon the wants of self. Often we are not adaptive to sudden change or difficulty. Our reality is though that we respond in flexibility shortly after the self reacts. It just takes a few moments for us to respond stepping out of the bonds of self with consideration for others knowing we can then adapt to sudden change and difficulties. This is the growth of one day at a time recovery. We are learning to catch ourselves when we are stuck in the bonds of self. We don’t need to beat ourselves up for a momentary reaction. This happens to a lot of people. At times we can catch ourselves before we react. When we learn to respond in consideration’s response for others, we are usually living with less stress and difficulties. This is the gift of acting upon instead of the reaction of self. Even though people are emotional beings we are now finding the gift of reason. We learn that feelings are not always fact. This is reality. And in reality we learn the gift of humility. It’s not always based on me. We are growing. Peace.
Many of us living in one day at a time recovery discover we have choices. What we must understand is we do have a chance of being able to make healthy and realistic choices. Healthy and realistic choices are the beginning of healthy and workable relationships. If we are living in one day at a time recovery we know we have the ability to be responsible. In being so we are capable of choice. This is the joy of being healthy. What we will learn is that while in recovery we can can still make the wrong choices but buying two cans of spaghetti sauce for six dollars instead of buying three cans of the same spaghetti sauce on sale at three cans for six dollars and forty-nine cents was an ill-informed choice with little to no consequence. This is the reality of being well. When we are not well some of the choices we make might be harmful to our health and well being. Addiction and mental health disorders complicate and put a strain on our relationships. If so, we need to learn to reach out. When we do we discover the reality of choice. Please do. Peace.