Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand that being in recovery and staying in recovery helps create freedom for the future. Our reality according to our history reveals to us that if we stumble back into active addiction seeking freedom from life or whatever we believe we are seeking freedom from we are opening the cover to Pandora’s Box. In doing so we are actually embracing all the chains, cages and adversities that come with active addiction. Our reality is that when we live in active addiction we can actually harm important relationships which while living in recovery we were actually in the process of repairing and developing trust and commonality. In the act of remaining abstinent and trying to amend our wrongs we are developing a freedom from active addiction. In as such we are beginning to understand the reality of the other. One day at a time recovery builds freedom for the future and in as such we have stopped burning bridges. Growth takes time. Freedom is a process. They bring with them the gift of reality. Peace.
What many people living in one day at a time recovery really appreciate is the encouragement we receive from other people in regards to us finding our niche in recovery and in developing our ability to live life one day at a time. Because of such encouragement we understand the importance of reality, abstinence and manageable living. Hopefully it will curb our need to make everything certain and controllable. Hopefully when we understand that certainty and controllability are not always possible we will understand the importance that we are being encouraged to play to our strengths in recovery and to live in the ability of taking life one day at a time. What many of us get to understand is our niche in recovery is our ability to be resilient. Developing resilience is an absolute truth for recovering people. We need it. When we do we will live with the doable lives that are common in people living in one day at a time recovery. We will also understand that the encouragement we have received has given us the gift of reality. We will be amazed in the freedom we will get to experience in our lives. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand the reality of responsibility. Even though we understand that ultimately recovery is a personal responsibility many of us share such responsibility by being people who actively try to be supportive towards others who are trying to be active participants in being responsible for their own recovery. What we believe is that we help each other and in doing so we help ourselves. It doesn’t take long for us to catch on to such altruistic endeavors. Listening while paying attention becomes an important part of our recovery. In time we all develop our own way of being supportive towards others. In doing so we are capable of letting others know the importance of one day at a time abstinence. One day at a time recovery cannot be fully understood without this. It’s important. What we know is it took a number of attempts for many of us to be able to find abstinence. If this is real for us we can take comfort in knowing that this can be a reality for others. Many of us struggled and still struggle. We are not alone. We encourage others to not give up. We all have hope. Recovery is a better, doable and happier life. It’s reality. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand the reality of being ransomed. People protect us and offer us safe environments in which we can experience one day at a time abstinence. In recovery’s reality we will eventually get to understand we had actually paid quite a price to hit a time in our lives where we knew we just had to stop. We lost the freedom of living healthy, adjusted and doable lives. Our pain was so abundantly immense that not only did we hurt ourselves but we also hurt our loved ones and those around us too. Time after time we were rescued and ransomed from the mess that we had made of our lives. When we cried out for help and when we finally realized how desperate we really were we realized the reality of total abstinent as being the only way to freedom from active addiction. In as such we knew that we needed support and we joined the rooms of recovery. In doing so we discovered that we had paid our dues. Then we learned that now we had to pay our own ransom and we had to pay for the ransom of others. Everyone does this in the rooms. We all keep each other free from the bondage of active addiction. We ransom each other. It’s part of being inextricably connected to the other. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery know the reality of grace. What we have discovered about grace is it is usually gentle, caring and kind. This is an absolute truth and what we know about grace is it gently helps us off of our knees. It tells us we are never alone and that we belong. It often reassures us that life is doable. When we refuse to get off of our knees and we simply will not be gentle, caring and kind to ourselves grace becomes frustrated. Grace then decides to gently shakes us. God, the spirit or the universe then gives a good dose of reality and because of this we realize we are recipients of kindness, care and love. It is the nature of living in one day at a time recovery and we become kind, gentle and caring with ourselves. We can also be kind, caring and gentle with others. All of such happens over time. When we think of God, the spirit or the universe we understand the reality of agape love. Grace had to gently shake us for us understand this. It’s the reality of grace. We are loved. Peace.
The reality of all people living in one day at a time recovery is to spend time in simple reflection. Simple reflection can mirror the realistic and non-realistic recollections of our past and present days. Sometimes such recollections are extremely difficult for us to process. Such are the realities of a broken and ill existence. In such reality we are moved to prayer – (God bless the lonely, the tormented, the misguided and the ill). If we could amend the harms we have done we would. And mostly we’ve tried. We suffer the reality of an ill-begotten life-style. We understand that such thoughts are not simple reflections. They are the reality of shame and guilt. What we realize is that we are punishing ourselves for being ill and very much misguided. We need to treat ourselves with inherent dignity. We know if we don’t we will become bitter and resentful people which is something we wouldn’t wish on anyone and yet so to this day we say a prayer – (God bless the lonely, the tormented, the misguided and the ill.) The funny thing about reflecting upon present days is we find we are decent people. One day at a time we understand this yet we keep praying – (God bless the lonely, the tormented, the misguided and the ill.) The gates to hell are always open. We can leave anytime we so choose to. Peace.
People living in one day at a time recovery understand the reality of being held in the arms of the universe. There are times when life is extremely difficult and painful. Vulnerability runs through our veins crushing our hearts. Our minds become lost in the difficulties of defeat. We hold it together one day at a time but all this hurt makes our eyes start to leak as we start to sob, and with each sob we start to fall apart. If there are empathetic people with us we are more than likely going to be held. This is being held in the arms of the universe. It is an inextricable bond that we have with others. People have an innate need to comfort people in pain. We also have an innate need to be comforted by people when we ourselves are in pain. This is the real world. It happens all the time. It happens in the rooms of recovery and it happens in churches. It happens in kitchens, living rooms and bedrooms. It happens in hospitals, funeral parlors and gravesites. It can happen anywhere. And when we are being held we don’t know that we are being held in the arms of the universe. All we know is we are falling apart and someone is holding us. That is enough. We’re in the arms of the universe. It’s a God thing. Peace.
There are some people living in one day at a time recovery who understand the reality of reasonable happiness. Reasonable happiness occurs when we are able to live in recovery while being free from active addiction and living healthy, generous, altruistic lives while trying to be reasonable and realistic about our journeys. Part of living such lives are that we cannot do this all the time but such reasonable and empathetic realities do happen enough that we get to claim the reality of reasonable happiness. In as such we do a lot of soul seeking and a we partake in a lot practice to deal with our own adversity which we often overcome or accept one day at time. To overcome that which can be changed or to accept that which cannot be changed is a stepping stone in reality. Others often want to be a part of this reality for their own peace of mind. Perhaps others have modelled such realities for us, and we unknowingly model it for others. In doing so we live reasonably happy lives. When we do as such we are not settling for second rate lives. We are a part of human reality living as people with humility who can have happy, joyous and free lives living in reality while we are being reasonable and kind. Not only to others but to ourselves as well. We are stepping into growth. The miracle is a one day at a time event and it is happening now. It’s a gift. Peace.
Some people living in one day at a time recovery wake up in search of and for a mindful morning or should we say a mindful moment. Perhaps as we are awakened we awaken with morning’s anxiety. This is a reality for some people and often we take a hurried moment thanking God, the spirit or the universe for awakening us. We surrender our being to such a power asking for help to face the day and fulfill our daily responsibilities as a recovering and responsible person. Some of us read inspirational messages trying to tune into a mindful moment. For some of us being mindful doesn’t occur until we’ve started drinking our first cup of coffee. Perhaps our first mindful moment is enjoying that cup of coffee. And that might be it for our moment of mindfulness which is that awareness that nudges our senses to say wake up and smell and taste the coffee. After that moment of morning mindfulness we can be off to work. It’s reality. Perhaps such moments are simple but they are part of our overall awakening. In as such our morning anxiety is reduced significantly. We learn the reality of gratitude because of one small mindful moment. Our reality is that some of us don’t get that cup of coffee until we arrive at work. It’s such a simple thing. Peace.
Most people living in one day at a time recovery have felt and witnessed the beauty of gratitude. Reality is the joy of thank you. We feel and get to see gratitude in the appreciation of a God moment which can be a gift, an experience or an act of love which we are a recipient of or a witness to. It might even have been us who God, the spirit or the universe worked this moment through. Some call it a blessing – some call this moment an act of grace. A good many of us have been recipients of such acts. We in all humility know the reality of gratitude. What we feel, and what we understand is that our fall, our bottom or our difficulties initiate the reality of our one day at a time recovery. And we are so grateful for our recovery. In our humble reality we get to see grace. We get to see love. We can also be blessed. And we are so grateful when we have the opportunity to be a part of such God moments for others. For all of this we just want to say thank you! Peace.