Those of us who live in one day at a time recovery understand that it is the therapists who do the therapy. Kind hearted recovering people understand all we have to share with others is our experience, our strength, and our hope. Should we try to take on the role of a therapist we could be harming those we are trying to help. Therapists are trained professionals who know how to hear what we as untrained people are unable to hear. Therapists pick up the meaning of certain body language cues. Trained professional understand to a much greater degree that when they are working with someone that time takes time. They also have treatment options that we probably know nothing about. For us we know recovery is one day at a time. We listen over coffee. We can be supportive but we let the professionals do what they do. It’s our basic reality. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand a time that we lived our lives acting in the reality of insane thinking. What we have come to realize is that if we were were to subscribe to the non-reality of insanity we had to believe our insanity was in actuality unsound thinking. What we came to discover was that our disorders created such chaos in our lives we could not see how unsound our reality really was. When we come to terms with this we have to see that we are people who are capable of finding good health when we discover one day at a time abstinence and recovery. Sometimes it is abstinence alone which restores our sanity. Sometimes we need abstinence and medication. Many of us need 12 step recovery. Join us in the rooms of recovery where we help each other become well again. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand the reality of a founded togetherness. This founded togetherness lets us know that the unmanageability that active addiction brings to our lives causes us to reach out as unmanageability brings with it such a desperation that we had no choice but to reach out for help. We do so in detoxes, rehabs, hospitals, and by visiting the rooms of recovery. In doing so we learn our chances of finding recovery grows when we participate in life as we find a foundation of abstinence. We learn that recovery is not easy but recovery and life become doable as we participate in togetherness. This is being responsible. Responsibility will become a gift. It’s all about togetherness. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand the reality of spiritual development. As we develop spiritually we become people who enter the world of recovery and reality. We become responsible people. As we become more and more responsible those who are close to us become grateful for our one day at a time recovery. Their worries lessen. They often find joy in our developing wellness. We too become grateful people. Gratitude in the making brings with it the experience of joy. When we understand this we take joy in other people’s joy. We become grateful people who understand that gratitude brings with it joy. It’s all part of spiritual development. It’s a gift. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand that there are times when life becomes hectic, stressful, and abundantly overwhelming and we know that this can lead to bouts of anxiety which lead us into bouts of panic or even full blown panic attacks. This is not a comfortable place to be. What we need to realize is that we need to remain abstinent when this happens. When we remain abstinent subtle relief often makes its way into our lives. Often we need to breathe or find our breath. We need to go for a walk. We need to talk to someone we can trust and we might even need to take some responsibilities or endeavors off of our plate. Some of us use centering prayer. Some of us just say help hoping for divine intervention or grace to take place. It’s a day by day thing. Hold on. Relief will come. Peace.
People living in one day at a time recovery understand that there are times when decisions make themselves. Such times can often happen because financial constraints limit our choices or our options. This becomes the reality of we can’t or I can’t. Things we’d like to do like buying a new winter coat, getting an eye examination, or taking our pet to the vet for routine care can be put off because we just don’t have the financial means to do so. It can be a sad, sad state of being and it happens to a lot of us. In recovery we learn that we are doing the best we can. We understand that decisions sometimes have a way of making themselves. We don’t have to like it but sometimes we just have to accept it. Life sometimes directs our realities. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery understand the reality of being taught by the noise. In all of our imperfections the noise is what makes us willing to reach out for help. Often because of this gift of desperation we try detoxes, rehab centers, hospitals, and therapists. When we do it is often suggested that we try to find help in the rooms of recovery. Should we do this and if we are paying attention we will find the reality of hope. In all reality we learn that it was the noise that taught us how to reach out and when we reach out we discover that this is a connection shared by people living in one day at a time recovery. The noise is familiar to all of us. We all understand. Reach out. Peace.
Those of us who live in one day at a time recovery eventually understand that there is hope for the hopeless. Discovering our need to be in complete control or our need for complete certainty reveals to us how little power we have over much of life. We eventually understand that the only reason we found recovery was because our situation existed in the reality of hopelessness. We discover through an incredible amount of given grace God, the spirit, or the universe flung us into one day at a time recovery as imperfect and as uncertain as recovery might be. The more hopeless that we were the more hope we did find. It’s the reality of Pandora’s box. Hope was and is our saving grace. It’s a gift. Peace.
Many people living in one day at a time recovery know what it is like to be shaky and composed at the same time. This reality occurs because even though we live in recovery we still have to navigate living with anxiety and all the difficulties that come with it. Some of us seem more composed than others and those of us who don’t – we just tremble along. What we know is most of us are fighting a silent war deep within. No-one can judge us for this. What we do know is recovery gives us a chance to find a measure of peace accompanied with the reality of composure. Our inextricable connection with others living in recovery can help to calm the storm. We no longer have to fight our war alone. We need to accept this. Peace.