Many people living in one day at a time recovery came into recovery by way of attending the rooms of recovery. For some of us it was a long time ago. We were young and active but even in our early years some of us had difficulty adapting to adversity and change so we struggled as people do who lack flexibility so we struggled with control issues. Nonetheless we look back thirty years like sentimental people do and we remember such times as grand and joyous times when we overcame the bondage of addiction because of our remarkable skills and because we believed in our own chosen positions in life. Contrary to such beliefs, today many of us believe our recovery is founded in grace. We can thank the other for this and many of us believe the other is the face of God, the spirit, or the universe granting us such grace in the reality of one day at a time recovery. Through such reality we stayed abstinent even during times that we didn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of staying in recovery. We did a bit of work on ourselves, we listened to few suggestions from others, we went to the rooms, we tried to clean house where we could and we remained abstinent one day at a time. Some of us still have difficulty with being flexible and being able to adapt to adversity but we remain abstinent. The rooms are not perfect but the people in them help each other today just as much as they did many years ago. When we understand grace we understand this reality. It all part of of the journey. Peace.
