Most people living in one day at a time recovery know what it is like when living in recovery seems to be like living in the tiring days. It’s a reality that occurs after we have a bit of abstinence under our belt when our emotions appear a bit flat and feelings of the humdrums occur. What is going on is we are just not getting a lift out of life. What most of realize is this is at times the reality of recovery. It can be compared to going to your job when you’re just going so you can pick up a pay-cheque. That’s what we do. We go to work to get paid and that is what recovery does. It pays us to be abstinent. Our life is and will continue to get better pretty soon. Keep the faith. Be grateful. Live one day at a time. Peace.
Many older people living in one day at a time recovery learn the realities of accepting the changes we will go through when we reach our senior years. In reality our physical health becomes a bit challenged and we can no longer do physically what we used to be able to do with ease. For most of us medical appointments occur more frequently and overall aches and pains are more prominent. We might even become emotionally less flexible and uncertainty becomes more difficult to deal with and some of us become frustrated and irritable because of this. We might even become hypocrites condemning others for doing what we once did. Our emotional struggles are simply because we have become less adaptable to the challenges of aging. The trick is to be grateful accepting that every day is grace and in grace we find wisdom. Thank God. Peace.
Many people who are living in one day at a time recovery experience the reality of the changes that occur in our minds and our bodies as we grow into our senior years. Memories might become a little clouded. Physical strength begins to wane. Our ability to adapt to difficulties diminishes and some of our friends might become home-bound. Another change is some of our friends are no longer with us. What we realize is our prayer life focuses on others but our shadow selves might become evident and active again. Some of us do not age with grace and also we might not accept our reality which is we often need help to live safely. If we cannot accept this we might grow bitter and resentful. In reality though many of us do practice gratitude and acceptance becomes our saving grace. We thank God every day for recovery. Peace.