Many people living in one day at a time recovery are people who discover that people care about us. Here is the reality of this reality. We need to do the same. As we surf the internet for positive and affirming messages which we hope will will enable us to remain in one day at a time recovery we must realize that we need to do the work that is required to do so. We subscribe to the reality of reaching out and then when we are capable we give back. Most of us do so by participating in the rooms of recovery. More often than not we need professional help to find enough wellness to be able to do so. Many of us seemingly hopeless cases found this wellness because people caring for us made it possible that we could care for ourselves. Reach out and don’t give up. Recovery is achievable. You’re worth it. Peace
Many people living in one day at a time recovery know the reality of when grace imposes its will upon us. When it does we know the reality of one day at a time abstinence and one day at a time living. Grace’s reality comes to us and says, “Is life really too difficult when in all reality reality is doable?”. Because of the reality of abstinence and one day at a time living we become capable of being of service to others. Reality then has the ability of becoming more than doable. Life becomes a purposeful and hope-filled endeavor. Most of us needed help to be able to see this. Many of us still do. We know the reality of reaching out. We also know the reality of giving back. When we do we see that no matter what we all matter. Peace.
The reality of being people who are living in one day at a time recovery is sometimes we are people who are walking with broken legs. We limp and hobble along knowing that full-well that if we do not reach out for support we could very easily fall flat on our face causing serious harm to ourselves. After we have fallen enough we come to the realization maybe, just maybe, it’s okay to ask for help. Very often we find help in places we never thought we would. Somehow, someway, someone knows what to do and recognizing we are walking with broken legs they either become a temporary crutch to help us once again navigate the reality of recovery one day at a time or they show us where to get the help we need. And when we heal a bit we help others who are walking with broken legs. To receive and to give. One day at a time recovery teaches us this empathetic reality. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery discover that there is never enough time in our lives for us to do all the good that is realistically and unintentionally living within the confines of our experiential knowledge. We just cannot always get our best selves (our true selves) to break through the surface of our good intentions and often find ourselves falling short of helping others because we are people whose lives often center around me and those who are closest to me. This does not mean we are bad people. It just means we are human beings. In reality though, our experiential knowledge and our ability to do good does come to surface enough times that we do do good and help others in our efforts to be kind, caring, and compassionate people. It’s our reality of extending a hand whenever and wherever we can. Peace.
Those of us who live in one day at a time recovery benefit and heal when we hear compassionate words from others. Compassionate words not only help us to heal they also restore our faith in humanity, community, and ourselves. Our struggles with mental health disorders and our journey to live in recovery from active addiction is much more doable because of the kind souls who show us love in our quest to discover our inherent worth one day at a time. All we can say is that compassionate people don’t know how much they have helped us. What we hope others get to understand is that compassionate words have saved lives, changed lives, and has made living in recovery possible for us. With much gratitude we say thank you. Peace.
Some people who are living in one day at a time recovery know the reality of emotional instability which often takes place because of life and its complicated challenges. We know that there will be periods of our lives in which we stand alone especially when all seems wrong. In our journeys of seeking recovery we discover we live in a cold cruel world plagued with prejudice and conspiracy theories. It sounds like we are living in our own little personal catastrophes which at times seem insurmountable and impossible to recover from. This is what it is sometimes like to live with mental health disorders accompanied by addictions. Nonetheless some of us become advocates, educators, and realist who try and help others navigate this thing we call recovery. It is a difficult thing to do. Especially when other advocates won’t hear us. Grace and one day at a time living keep us going. Someone has to. No body else is going to do it for us. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand the benefits of daily journaling. When we journal we explore the realities of our lives, the difficulties of our lives, the hopes that we have, and we live out practical solutions which have made our happiness or our inner-peace possible. For those of us living in recovery we explore the realities of one day at a time living. We discover reality, balance, and freedom. We will not get to become perfect, we will still experience adversity and pain, and we will still know fear but we will uncover a courage that we never knew existed. Life becomes a welcomed experience. Journaling reveals this to us. We will get to see the importance of each and every person. We all matter. We were an interrupted reality which is now filled with emerging grace. We have found hope. Peace.
Many people who have been living in one day at a time recovery understand when grace comes calling we take its hand with our sweaty palm and follow its lead to wherever it might take us. Grace’s utmost reality is it guides us into one more day of abstinence and recovery. Such is the freedom from active addiction. We understand the reality of once a cucumber becomes a pickle it cannot be turned back into a cucumber. Our truth is that we would not want it to turn back because grace has given us new lease on life. In life we have recovery, joy, and freedom. Grace in all of its persistence brings a new calm that frees our souls. It’s a gift that does for us what we could not do for ourselves. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand that when we find reality we are developing the ability of being people who can teach others the importance of finding abstinence and reality for themselves. After all, the gift of desperation led us to a place where we sat down with ourselves and came to the realization that we simply had to stop using. There was a loneliness so deep inside that many of us felt hopeless and beaten. Some of us cried out, “God help me!” And God did. After being abstinent months, years, or decades later we discovered we were in recovery because of grace. We understood that God worked through other people and that in the togetherness with others we too could help others. Our loneliness had subsided and our stories became a beacon of hope for others. It’s our reality. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery come to an understanding that in all of our suffering God is with us, God was with us, and God will be with us. This is life and reality all rolled-up into a ball. We have heard it said that God takes care of drunks and fools. In a no uncertain way we know this to be true. Life, and recovery, would be a God-awful joke if it wasn’t. We get to see that we are living in the reality of grace and because of grace we learn to suffer well because our thinking is no longer impaired. Now we live in the midst of being free from active addiction. Because of this we find reality, love, and hope. It’s all part of a journey that we have to travel. Peace.